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Your hands are used every where you go, and are crucial to most of the work you do every day. Since they are in operation all the time, they could be injured in any of a number of ways:
The main way to protect your hands is to be aware of what you are doing. Distractions lead to injuries. Hand injuries received on Project routinely can be prevented by paying greater attention. Learning safe work habits is also important for protecting your hands. Wear your Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The proper type of gloves will protect your hands in the workplace.
Your HSE Safety representative can tell you which type(s) of hand protection you need.
- You could cut your hand with a sharp tool. A box opener could open your hand instead of the box.
- A fall on an outstretched hand could break bones or sprain finger muscles or tendons.
- Contact with chemicals or other products could cause a skin condition contact dermatitis. Its severe form can be disabling.
- Dropping a heavy load on hands can crush them.
- Exposing a hand to electricity from a source such as a damaged cord can give you a fatal shock. - Hitting knuckles on a door jam while moving boxes can bruise or sprain.
- You could hammer your thumb while doing carpentry repairs.
The main way to protect your hands is to be aware of what you are doing. Distractions lead to injuries. Hand injuries received on Project routinely can be prevented by paying greater attention. Learning safe work habits is also important for protecting your hands. Wear your Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The proper type of gloves will protect your hands in the workplace.
Your HSE Safety representative can tell you which type(s) of hand protection you need.
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