Proper Glove Use [May 2010]
Each year hand and finger injuries typically cause more than one million US workers to visit a hospital for medical treatment. In 2008 alone, there were 137,020 Days Away From Work Cases in the US as a direct result of work-related hand and finger injuries ( ). The hand is very vulnerable to injury because it by necessity the body part that causes the work to be done.
Other articles you will find in the same issue include:
Air Quality
Confined Spaces - Making Confined Spaces Safe
Noise Monitoring - Preventing the sad slip into silence
Safety Footwear: A Step in the Right Direction
Saving Your Skin - Choosing the Right Garment for the Hazard, Showers and Eyebaths
Training
Working At Height
As well as information about the following new Regulations
