IMCASafety Flash
LTI: Contact with refrigerant gas causing hand injury
- Publisher
- IMCA · International Marine Contractors Association
- Type
- Safety Flash
- Reference
- IMCA SF 10/17
- Date
- Themes
- Hand and Finger InjuriesHazardous SubstancesIsolationLine of Fire
Summary
An engineer suffered a freezing burn to his hand when there was a leak of refrigerant gas while he was refilling a vessel’s central air conditioning (AC) system.
IMCA SF 10/17. Themes: hand and finger injuries, hazardous substances, isolation, line of fire.
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