Description of Incident
An IMCA’s members’ utilities supplier in the United States reports a serious finger injury during manual handling
Crew on a land-based site were working on some large (3m x 4m) steel frames used for shoring. The crew were disassembling the shoring. Most of the disassembly was complete when a steel bar weighing around 100kg became dislodged as it was being manually manoeuvred by a crew member. The steel bar was sitting on a curved pick-ring which caused it to roll onto the crew members’ finger. His finger was crushed, necessitating hospital treatment.
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