Hand Injuries

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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 !
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THINGS WE DO WITH OUR HANDS
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Darwin Awards
What Are The Awards? Naturalist Charles Darwin
postulated that the effects of natural selection
applied over time would tend to evolve
individuals more able than their predecessors.
This is called "Survival of the Fittest." We
honor Charles Darwin's hypothesis by annually
bestowing Darwin Awards upon individuals who have
given their all in an effort to improve our gene
pool. We applaud those who have made the ultimate
sacrifice by the most extraordinarily stupid
means.
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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

AWARENESS !!
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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 DONT 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 !!!!!
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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 1130 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 530PM 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!

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UNFORTUNATELY SOME TYPES OF INJURIES CAN LAST A
LIFETIME TOO !
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ITS UP TO YOU !
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