When thinking about safety in the work place, it is absolutely critical to start with the hands. Over a million hand injuries occur in the workplace each year, with many of them causing a serious disability or even amputation. The most common type of injury is a laceration, which causes 63% of all disabling workplace injuries to the hands. Crushing accidents result in 13%, avulsion 8%, puncture…
Tony Ferraro | October 18, 2016 | Safety Solutions | Hand Safety
Hand Hazards in the Workplace When it comes to workplace accidents and injuries, few are more common or more traumatic than hand injuries. Every year thousands of people experience severe cuts or even amputations, which can have a permanent impact not only on their ability to work, but also to perform most common tasks outside of work as well. There are many risks in the workplace that…
Tony Ferraro | December 4, 2014 | Safety Solutions | Hand Safety, Hazcom, Labeling, OSHA, Regulations & Compliance, Safety, Workplace Safety
One thing that the thousands of factories and other facilities throughout the world have in common is the fact that there is a lot of dangerous equipment and machinery used on a daily basis. These machines have helped people improve the way we make things, but they have also brought about a lot of potential hazards. One injury that is all too common today involves than hands…
Tony Ferraro | April 4, 2014 | Safety Solutions | Hand Safety, Safety
Cuts and lacerations, sprains, broken bones, burns, and infections all affect the hands of millions of workers every single year in America. While employees generally seek to be careful and are protective of their own bodies, accidents happen and, when they do, they can range from the very minor to the very severe, going so far as to remove or infringe upon an employee’s ability to work.…
Tony Ferraro | March 13, 2014 | Safety Solutions | Hand Safety, OSHA, Regulations & Compliance, Safety, Safety Signs, Workplace Safety
We all do our best to prevent incidents, especially those that result in major injuries, from occurring in the work place. Sometimes, however, things just go wrong. In these situations, business owners can find themselves quickly overwhelmed in a whirlwind of investigation procedures, quickly buried over their heads. Keeping a cool state of mind in these cases is easier said than done, especially if it is the…
Tony Ferraro | December 16, 2013 | Safety Solutions | Accident Investigation, Hand Safety
When we think of personal protection equipment, most people immediately think of goggles, glasses, earmuffs, hard hats, etc. While gloves have been around for a long time and assist us in many daily tasks, we tend to not put enough emphasis on actually protecting hands and fingers in the workplace. The Right Glove for the Right Job In the majority of hand and finger injuries reported in…
CSS Editorial Staff | November 15, 2013 | Safety Products | Hand Safety, PPE
We use our hands every day for many things such as grasping, manipulating, holding, feeling, and much more. Hands are commonly considered as one of the most widely utilized body parts, which usually rings true when it comes to working in an industrial environment as well. In the industrial work environment, there is a wide array of different jobs. However, most jobs involve the usage of hands.…
Mike Wilson | May 28, 2013 | Safety Solutions | Electrical Safety, Hand Safety, Safety, Workplace Safety
