Safety Flash
Hand pinched between cable and cable roller frame
Hand pinched between cable and cable roller frame
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 30/21
- Control of WorkHand and Finger InjuriesLifting OperationsLine of Fire
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuriesLine of fire
- Lifting operationsRigging
- Crane
- Risk assessmentSafety communicationStop-work authority
Summary
A cable-lowering operation trapped a supervisor’s hand against a roller-table post, causing a laceration despite a protective glove. The flash identifies omitted cable movements in the task risk assessment, absent task-specific briefing and inadequate pinch-point marking. It highlights unused stop-work authority and recommends worksite risk assessment review.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Rigging; slinging.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Summary
A person got their hand trapped between the cable and an upright steel frame post of the roller table, leading to a hand injury
IMCA SF 30/21. Themes: control of work, hand and finger injuries, lifting operations, line of fire.