Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 8
Distraction; Situational Awareness; Workload
ATC Issue All Types; Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance
Airspace Structure; Procedure; Human Factors
I was working arrivals and departures off runway XX. Aircraft X was inbound and I was maneuvering them east of the airport for a sequence with my arrivals and departures. The departure sequence was adjusted with my departure and those off other runways which changed my plan for when Aircraft X would come in. As I quickly adjusted my plan I briefly ended up with Aircraft X in an area below the Minimum Safe Altitude and corrected that. As the departure plan changed I was in a hurry to bring Aircraft X right in and accidentally clipped a higher MSA within the bravo airspace. I was too focused on the departure plan and didn't immediately recognize Aircraft X would pass into a higher Minimum Safe Altitude. I will be more cognizant of that next time when I'm giving instructions to VFR aircraft. I will also put their altitude assignment in their scratchpad as an extra indicator of what I assigned them.
A Tower Controller reported they had issued instructions to a VFR aircraft in the pattern which resulted in flight below the minimum safe altitude.