Whilst using a safety knife to remove the outer sheaving from a core conductor, a crew member managed to cut his finger.  The safety knife slipped through the sheaving and resulted in a wound to the soft tissue of the fingerprint area of the left index finger, and a superficial laceration near the mid-point of his ring finger nail.<\/p>\n

What went wrong?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The immediate cause identified was that the injured person had failed to recognise that he had placed himself in the line of fire.  He held the cable with his left hand and drew the knife (held in his right hand) towards himself.  It was at this point that the knife slipped through the sheaving and made contact with his left index finger and left ring finger.<\/p>\n