Safety Flash
Watch your hands!! Person injured while using an angle grinder
Watch your hands!! Person injured while using an angle grinder
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 33/21
- Hand and Finger InjuriesLine of FireMachinery and Equipment
- Hand and finger injuriesHuman factors
- Grinding equipmentHand tools
- Machine guardingOperational supervisionRisk assessmentSafety communication
- Vessel
Summary
A crew member sustained severe left-arm lacerations while cutting washing-machine dunnage with an angle grinder fitted with a wood-cutting disc. Vessel movement preceded loss of control. The flash identifies absent guarding, unsecured timber and inadequate work preparation, and recommends suitable tools, risk assessment, toolbox talks and supervision.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Grinding equipment; angle grinder; grinding wheel.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Machine guarding; machinery guards; machine guards.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A member of the crew was badly injured whilst cutting a piece of wood using an angle grinder fitted with a cutting blade
IMCA SF 33/21. Themes: hand and finger injuries, line of fire, machinery and equipment.