Safety Flash
Arm injury whilst using pillar drill
Arm injury whilst using pillar drill
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 32/17
- Line of FireMachinery and EquipmentPersonal Protective Equipment
- Line of fire
- Personal protective equipmentRotating machinery
- Risk assessment
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A crew member sustained a left-arm injury when a metal plate escaped a pillar-drill vice and was thrown from the drill bit while making a blank for a vessel’s hot-water pipe. The flash identifies inadequate risk assessment, unsuitable tool selection, insufficient vice tightening, incorrect drill speed and incorrectly worn PPE.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) reports another incident wherein a crew person was injured following misuse of a pillar drill.
IMCA SF 32/17. Themes: line of fire, machinery and equipment, personal protective equipment.