Hand Injuries

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 WHY AM I HERE ?
– INCREASE AWARENESS
– ADDRESS HAND SAFETY CONCERNS
– INFORM YOU ABOUT
• THE IMPORTANCE & USES OF YOUR
HANDS
• THE POTENTIAL “HAND TRAPS” &
PINCH POINTS IN THE WORKPLACE
• THE CONCEPT OF DEFENSIVE
WORKING

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HAND SAFETY
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 HAND SAFETY
HAS ANYONE EVER
HAD A SERIOUS
HAND INJURY ?

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 HAND SAFETY
 What Percent Of Injuries In The
Workplace Are Hands ?
 What Percent Of Injuries In Our
Unique Work Environment Are
Hands ?
 What Makes Our Environment
Unique ?

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IRON DOES NOT GIVE A SHIT !
 THINGS WE DO WITH
OUR HANDS

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 Darwin Awards
Eric A. Barcia, a 22-year-old Reston Virginia resident, was found
dead yesterday after he used bungee cords to jump off a 70-foot
railroad trestle, police said. The fast food worker taped a number of
bungee cords together and strapped one end around his foot.
Barcia had the foresight to anchor the other end to the trestle at
Lake Accotink Park, and he even remembered to measure the
length of the bungee cords to make sure that they were a few feet
short of the 70 foot drop. He proceeded to fall headfirst from the
trestle, and hit the pavement 70 feet below several seconds later.
Fairfax County police said "The stretched length of the cord that he
had assembled was greater than the distance between the trestle
and the ground."
Washington Post - 13 July 97

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 Darwin Awards
The life of Reiva Nix, a 67-year-old grandmother living in
Egdewood, TX, was claimed in a tragic accident on March 31. She
was cleaning her tennis shoes with gasoline when a nearby candle
ignited the shoes which Reiva was still wearing. Alone at the time
of the accident, she ran next door for help, and her neighbor
extinguished the fire with a water hose. She died from burn
wounds at 2AM at the Parkland Hospital in Dallas. Investigators
noted that her flammable 65% polyester clothing contributed to the
blaze. Chief Corbett said several people have told him they clean
their shoes with gasoline. He cautioned others to be careful when
using gasoline in any way.

Van Zandt News, Wills Point, Texas

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 HOW DO WE HURT OUR
HANDS ?
 Caught Between - (Pinch
Points)
 Struck By

 Contact With

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 HAND HAZARDS
 Pinch Points
– Between a Moving Object
& a Stationary Object
– Between Two Moving Objects

Identify & Communicate

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 HAND HAZARDS
Certain Types of Machinery
Have Hot Areas That Can
Cause Serious Burns

Identify, Communicate &

Wear Protective Gloves

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 HAND HAZARDS

Rotating Machinery

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 Automated Machinery
Identify

Machine Guards

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 HAND HAZARDS
JEWLRY & LOOSE
FITTING CLOTHING

DUH !
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 JEWLRY

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 WHY DO WE HURT OUR
HANDS ?
 WE TAKE OUR HANDS FOR GRANTED

 OUR HANDS GET THE MOST

EXPOSURE BECAUSE THEY ARE OUR
GOD GIVEN TOOLS

 WE ACT BEFORE WE THINK

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 WHY DO WE HURT OUR
HANDS ?
 WE DON’T USE THE JSA PROCESS OR
WE OMIT IDENTIFYING HAND
HAZARDS IN THE JSA PROCESS
 BOREDOM WITH ROUTINE JOBS
(COMPLACENCY)
 INATTENTIVENESS TO DETAILS &
SAFETY PROCEDURES
 DISTRACTIONS

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MINOR INJURIES ARE A

WARNING THAT WE ARE

NOT PAYING ATTENTION

TO OUR WORK !!!!!

 HAND SAFETY
 ALL HAND HAZARDS
SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED IN
THE JSA PROCESS
 WHEN USING CHEMICALS
ALWAYS REFER TO THE
MSDS SHEET FOR THE
APPROPRIATE P.P.E.

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 Darwin Awards
An unidentified man using a shotgun
like a club to break a former
girlfriend's windshield, accidentally
shot himself to death when the gun
discharged, blowing a hole in his gut.

San Jose Mercury News

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 THE FOUR MAIN GROUPS
OF GLOVES
 CHEMICALLY RESISTANT

 PROTECTIVE

 SPECIAL PURPOSE

 GENERAL PURPOSE

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 SAFE WORK PRACTICES
 HAND TOOLS
– ALWAYS INSPECT BEFORE USE
– USE FOR THE PURPOSE IT WAS
DESIGNED FOR
– NEVER APPLY UNNECESSARY
PRESSURE

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 HAND TOOLS
 WHEN USING A SCREWDRIVER:

NEVER HOLD AN OBJECT IN YOUR

HAND, PUT THE OBJECT IN A
VICE OR PLACE IT ON A
FLAT SURFACE !

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 HAND TOOLS
 WHEN USING A WRENCH:

– ALWAYS USE THE CORRECT SIZE FOR THE TASK

AT HAND !

– USE A BOX END WRENCH WHENEVER POSSIBLE

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF SLIPPING !

– ALWAYS PULL ON A WRENCH, NEVER PUSH IT !

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 KNIFE SAFETY
 ALWAYS CUT AWAY FROM YOURSELF
 WEAR A CUT RESISTANT GLOVE ON THE
OPPOSITE HAND TO THE ONE HOLDING
THE KNIFE
 KEEP OTHERS AT A SAFE DISTANCE
 KEEP KNIFE BLADES WELL SHARPENED
 LOCK BLADES HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

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 KNIFE SAFETY (CONT.)
 NEVER USE A KNIFE AS A
SCREWDRIVER
 ALWAYS RETRACT THE BLADE OF
RETRACTABLE KNIFES WHEN FINISHED
CUTTING ACTIVITIES
 NEVER STORE KNIFES WITH OTHER
TOOLS
 ALWAYS USE ALTERNATIVE TOOLS
WHEN AVAILABLE

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 EQUIPMENT & MACHINERY
 NEVER WEAR JEWELRY OR LOOSE
FITTING CLOTHING
 ALWAYS ENSURE GAURDS ARE
SECURE & IN PLACE BEFORE
OPERATING ANY EQUIPMENT OR
MACHINERY
 NEVER REMOVE GAURDS
 ALWAYS TAKE CARE WHEN WEARING
GLOVES

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 Darwin Awards
A Jay County man using a cigarette lighter to check
the barrel of a muzzleloader was killed Monday night
when the weapon discharged in his face, sheriff's
investigators said. Gregory David Pryor, 19, died in his
parents' rural Dunkirk home about 11:30 p.m.
Investigators said Pryor was cleaning a .54-caliber
muzzleloader that had not been firing properly. He was
using the lighter to look into the barrel when the
gunpowder ignited.

The Indianapolis Star, 4 December 1996

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 CHEMICAL HANDLING
 WEAR THE APPROPRIATE GLOVES
AND / OR BARRIER CREAM FOR THE
CHEMICAL THAT YOU ARE HANDLING
 FIT GLOVES UNDER SHIRT SLEEVES
WHENEVER PRACTICAL
 ONLY HANDLE CHEMICALS THAT YOU
KNOW WHAT THE APPROPRIATE P.P.E.
IS !

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 CHEMICAL HANDLING
(CONT.)
 PROTECT ANY SCRATCHES &
CUTS FROM DIRECT CONTACT
WITH CHEMICALS
 ALWAYS WASH YOUR HANDS
THROUGHLY AFTER HANDLING
ANY CHEMICALS

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 GENERAL HAND
SAFETY
 THINK THROUGH EACH TASK
BEFORE STARTING THE JOB
– ARE THERE ANY RISK ?
– HOW CAN I PROTECT MY HANDS ?
 ALWAYS TAKE CARE WHEN
MOVING HEAVY OBJECTS &
WATCH YOUR FINGERS

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 GENERAL HAND
SAFETY
 REPORT ANY
MALFUNCTIONS OR DAMAGE
THAT YOU BECOME AWARE
OF
 REPORT ALL INJURIES NO
MATTER HOW SMALL

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 Darwin Awards
James Burns, 34, of Alamo, Michigan, was killed in
March as he was trying to repair what police
described as a "farm-type truck." Burns got a friend
to drive the truck on a highway while Burns hung
underneath so that he could ascertain the source of
a troubling noise. Burns' clothes caught on
something, however, and the other man found
Burns "wrapped in the drive shaft."

Kalamazoo Gazette, April 1, 1995

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 Darwin Awards
A Wichita, Kansas woman who allowed her 10-year-old
son to back the family car down the driveway stumbled
while directing the boy and was fatally run down when he
stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake. At about
5:30PM the woman's son and a friend wanted to play
basketball in the driveway, but the car was in the way. The
mother stood behind the car helping guide the maneuver.
She stumbled after walking backwards into a bush. The
28-year-old accident victim died at the scene Friday. Her
name was withheld by authorities. The boy was physically
unhurt.

Athens Banner Herald - 23 May 1997

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 YOUR HANDS &
FINGERS HAVE BEEN
MADE TO LAST A
LIFE TIME!
UNFORTUNATELY SOME TYPES OF
INJURIES CAN LAST A LIFETIME
TOO !
 IT’S UP TO YOU !

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