With as many as 1 million hand injuries occurring in U.S. workplaces each year, hand protection is an important topic. Manufacturers continuously strive to improve the technology found in hand ...
There has been a shift in manufacturing operations, creating an even greater need for proper hand protection. Within the last 10 years, robotics and automated processes have taken over much of the ...
Ask someone in the construction industry for the best way to protect hands from construction hazards, and you’ll hear a common but insufficient response: “Just wear gloves.” It’s flippant and ...
Travis Watson watched as a rigger checked a cable for frayed wires. The worker was wearing a coated fabric glove that had what was then considered a high puncture-protection rating. But suddenly, as ...
If you want to get attention about hand safety, try showing a project crew what happens to a naked human hand when a knife slices through the palm, or a 4x4 comes crashing down on the bony back of the ...
PEARLAND, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Hand Safety Tool Company recently received Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Verification for its ShoveIt™ tool making it the first hands-off safety product of its ...
Hand injuries are among the most common workplace incidents. While many are minor, such as cuts and scrapes, others can be far more serious, including burns or even amputations. Taking time to ...
U.S. Labor Dept. data show that more than 100,000 lost-time hand injuries occur every year and that these injuries cost an average of between $6,000-$7,000 in workers’ compensation claims. That's one ...
The ShoveIt™ hand safety tool was specifically designed to help avoid hand, arm and finger injuries when working with suspended loads, moving, pushing and pulling tools, objects and equipment, or ...
Each year, millions of hardworking manual labor professionals—like yourself—encounter a variety of injuries on their jobsites. All too often, many of these injuries are associated with their hands, as ...
Your hands are important and irreplaceable tools - protect them so they last a lifetime! We use our hands for nearly all tasks at work, and thus, they are more susceptible to injury. In fact, hand ...