Safety Talk

As you know, even a minor hand injury can be painful and inconvenient. You don’t want to find out how life-changing a major hand injury would be. The worst, of course, would be an amputation – cutting off a hand or fingers. An amputation can be fatal because of the loss of blood, shock, infection or other effects. An amputation can happen in an instant when a hand touches a powered blade or gets trapped in machinery. The hands can also be subject to cuts, also known as lacerations. When nerves, muscles or tendons are damaged, or when foreign material gets […]