Safety Flash
Injury caused by closing fire flap
Injury caused by closing fire flap
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 33/20
- Control of WorkHot Work and FireLine of FireManagement of Change
- Crushing and pinch pointsLine of fire
- Fluid transfer
- PumpsStorage tanks
- Management of changeOperating and work proceduresRisk assessmentSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A crewman sustained a left-wrist wound when a fire damper closed during improvised filling of an expansion tank through ventilation trunking. The flash contrasts this method with the approved portable-pump arrangement and highlights non-routine risk assessment, adherence to procedures and management of change where approved systems are not functional.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Fluid transfer; fluid loading; fluid offloading.
Classifications: Pumps.
Classifications: Storage tanks; atmospheric tanks.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A fire damper closed unexpectedly on a crewman’s wrist after he improvised an unapproved method for filling an expansion tank.
IMCA SF 33/20. Themes: control of work, hot work and fire, line of fire, management of change.