Hand Safety
GPS challenge of the week…Hand Safety! Keep your fingers and hands safe! Three types of hazards can cause hand injuries:
- Mechanical Hazards – these are situations where hands and fingers can get caught, pinched, crushed or severed in chains, rollers, gears, or other moving parts. Objects could fall on your hands. Or, your hands could get hurt while handling materials. Even hand tools can be a mechanical hazard if they are used incorrectly or are damaged.
- Contact Hazards – these hazards cause hands and fingers to get cut on sharp edges of tools, materials, packaging, containers or even debris from a manufacturing process. These hazards also include electrical current, chemicals, and extreme hot and cold temperatures.
- Personal Hazards – these hazards include wearing jewelry, loose clothing or using improper or defective personal protective equipment.
If you experience or see a safety concern on your assignment, please contact our GPS Safety Hotline at 803-760-1441 or contact your local GPS office.
If you are injured on your assignment, please call MEDCOR at 1-800-775-5866 then contact your local GPS office.
GPS where Safety is Everybody’s Job…My Job…Your Job! Let’s make 2019 GPS Safety Awareness Year!
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Barbara Greene
GPS Safety Specialist