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Real Estate and Property Law. Criminal Law. According to a study conducted by the Consumer Product Safety Commission , hand and power tool injuries send an average of , people to the emergency room each year.
These tools can cause lacerations, puncture wounds, dismemberment, burns, electrical shock, and death. Fortunately, there are many preventative measures that employees can take to prevent tool injuries from occurring. Power tools can cause electric shock when used improperly.
To lower the risk of electric shock, employees should never attempt to override the safety features on a three-pronged plug. They should only operate tools within their design limitations, and always wear appropriate safety gloves and footwear. Employees should store tools in a clean, dry place when not in use, and should never use power tools in damp or wet locations unless the tools are specifically rated to do so.
Pneumatic tools are powered by compressed air. If used improperly, the hose that attaches the tool to an air supply can detach, flinging the tool or attachment toward the user or other employees. Other hazards of pneumatic tools include excessive noise, vibration, fatigue, and strains. Employees should wear special personal protective equipment , or PPE, when operating pneumatic tools.
Hydraulic tools use pressurized fluid to generate force. Jacks are the most common example of a hydraulic tool. Employees should always take care to select the proper type of fluid to use in a hydraulic tool. When using a hydraulic jack, employees should always take the following precautions:. Jacks should never be used to support a lifted load. They can easily cause fatal crushing injuries if improperly used.
Liquid fuel tools are powered by fuel, typically gasoline. Employees must always transport and store fuel only in approved flammable liquid containers. If a tool is refueled while the engine is still hot, the pre-existing heat could ignite fuel vapors and cause a fire or explosion.
There are so many factors to account for that we can't know for sure. We could guess that younger people feel invincible and are less careful or less experienced with the tools and machinery that cause cuts. The numbers are useful, though, because they suggest that a focus on young workers is merited when it comes to lacerations.
Remember, when you train them young, you've got a safe worker for life. One surprising trend is that the longer an employee has been with a company, the more likely he or she is to experience an injury. Employees who were with their employer for less than three months, for example, reported 98, injuries total. With each experience bracket, the overall injuries go up. Workers who had been at their job for more than five years reported , injuries.
What's even more fascinating is that the percentage of injuries caused by laceration has a nearly inverse trend. Employees who were at their job for less than three months had a higher proportion of lacerations, at This proportion decreases as an employee has more experience and those who have been with their employer for more than 5 years reported only 6.
Lacerations can occur anywhere, of course, and with any number of pieces of equipment. But the numbers are clear. When it comes to protecting different parts of the body from lacerations, hands are the most important. This is because just over 40 percent of hand injuries are lacerations. That's huge. Imagine the difference removing those injuries would make.
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