According to the most recent data available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were over 121,800 hours lost on the jobsite in 2017 due to hand injuries. For those who seek medical treatment ...
Every year, millions of workers get injured on the job, and a significant number of reported occupational injuries are hand related. Depending on the severity, not only do these injuries have a huge ...
When you consider that more than one million workers are sent to emergency rooms each year with hand injuries, it is clear that wearing protective hand equipment is essential to everyday work. In fact ...
ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- Employees who use hand and power tools are exposed to the hazards of falling, flying, abrasive and splashing objects. They also may be subject to harmful dusts, fumes, ...
At Delphi Corp., the use of personal protective equipment is serious business. Since the company makes every effort to engineer out safety hazards, PPE in general and hand protection in particular are ...
If you want to get attention about hand safety, try showing a project crew what happens to a naked human hand when a knife slices through the palm, or a 4x4 comes crashing down on the bony back of the ...
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer’s body from injury or infection. The hazards addressed by ...
How often do construction workers lose some of their hand use from job-related wear-and-tear? How many small accidents, some too minor to make it into the OSHA logs, take a toll over the years? What ...
Electricians face many challenges on the job, including shock, electrocution, arc flash, and arc blasts, all of which can cause lasting injuries or death. Construction electrical work is considered ...
FRANKFORT, Ky. — As the state prepares to be “Healthy at Work” next week, Governor Andy Beshear announced a new partnership between the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the Kentucky Distillers ...