Hand Safety

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Hand Safety
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Hand Safety

• Injuries to hands and fingers are typically the
  most frequent injury we have.
• Most of the work we do is done with our hands.
  It stands to reason that they would be the most
  frequently injured body part.

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Hand Safety

• What effects are there from losing fingers or a
  hand?
• Financial
• Lost work/wages
• Home life

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Hand Safety

• Evaluation A simple four step approach to
  eliminating, controlling, or minimizing potential
  hand hazards encountered in day-to-day
  activities.

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Hand Safety

• Step 1 Complete a general survey.
• Is the work site safe?
• Are there tripping hazards?
• Are all moving parts properly guarded?

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Hand Safety

• Are there hidden hazards that need to be
  evaluated?
• Have I identified the safe work zone?

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Hand Safety

• Step 2 Complete a more specific survey.
• What task are you preparing for?
• What is your role in the task?

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Hand Safety

• Step 3 Be familiar.
• All persons must be trained
• and competent in the work they do.
• If you are not trained or competent, the
  situation is unsafe.

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Hand Safety

• Everyone has an obligation to stop work if it is
  unsafe.
• All personnel on the job site have the
  responsibility to work safe.

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Hand Safety

• Step 4 Use the right tools.
• Use gloves when appropriate.
• Never use defective or damaged tools.
• Use a tool for its intended purpose.
• When utilizing a knife, always cut away from your
  body.

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Hand Safety

• Other causes of hand injuries
• Hand tools
• Sharps in trash
• Reject materials (metal shavings, broken glass
  etc.)
• Pinch points
• Handling of abrasive materials

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First Aid, CPR AED
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First Aid/CPR/AED

• As an employee, it is important to have a working
  knowledge of First Aid/CPR practices. It is also
  important that you understand how and when the
  use of these practices is needed and to what
  extent you can respond to an emergency situation.
• The best time to understand your role is before
  an emergency happens.

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First Aid/CPR/AED

• The first response to an accident is the most
  important.
• Often, first aid given at the scene can improve
  the victims chances of survival and a good
  recovery.
• The right response is better than an incorrect
  quick one however, any response is better than
  none at all.

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First Aid/CPR/AED

• Universal Precautions
• Avoiding contact with patients bodily fluids by
  means of the wearing of nonporous article such as
  medical gloves, goggles, and face shields.
• Everyone should be considered a possible carrier
  of bloodborne pathogens.

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First Aid/CPR/AED

• Universal Precautions
• First aid supplies are required to be readily
  available which will carry items to help protect
  you when responding.

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First Aid/CPR/AED

• First Aid/CPR/AED
• OSHA states that the employer shall ensure the
  ready availability of medical personnel for
  advice and consultation on matters of health. In
  the absence of a medical facility, a person or
  persons shall be adequately trained to render
  first aid. (29 CFR 1910.151)

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First Aid/CPR/AED

• AED
• Automated External Defibrillators (AED) are
  sometimes the only way for a Sudden Cardiac
  Arrest victim to survive.
• To be effective the first shock should be
  delivered within the first 3-5 minutes.

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First Aid/CPR/AED

• AED machines are self contained and provide step
  by step instructions to the user during an
  emergency.
• More detailed instruction is provided in hands-on
  First Aid/CPR courses.

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First Aid/CPR/AED

• Responding
• It is important to understand that you should
  only respond to the level of training you have
  received.
• Report all incidents or exposure to your
  supervisor immediately.
• If the event is life threatening Call 911 or
  your local emergency number.

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First Aid/CPR/AED

• Unconscious Victim
• If the victim is unconscious and not breathing,
  perform rescue breathing.
• If the victims heart has stopped beating,
  perform CPR if you have been properly trained.

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First Aid/CPR/AED

• Shock
• Shock usually accompanies severe injury or
  emotional upset.
• Signs are
• Cold, clammy skin
• Pale face
• Chills
• Confusion
• Nausea/vomiting
• Shallow breathing

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First Aid/CPR/AED

• Bleeding
• Until emergency help arrives, control the
  bleeding.
• Utilize latex gloves or plastic bags as a
  protective barrier.

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First Aid/CPR/AED

• Bleeding
• If finger or hand pressure is not adequate, place
  a thick pad or clean cloth or bandage over the
  wound.
• As a last resort, a tourniquet can be applied to
  stop bleeding. Once in place, a tourniquet must
  be left for a physician to remove.

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First Aid/CPR/AED

• Choking
• Choking occurs when food or a foreign object
  obstructs the throat and interferes with normal
  breathing.

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First Aid/CPR/AED

• For adults and children over one year of age use
  the following approach
• Ask Are you choking?
• Shout for help Call for help if the victim
  cannot cough, speak or breathe if coughing is
  weak or making high-pitched noises.

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First Aid/CPR/AED

• Choking
• Phone emergency staff for help.
• Send someone to call an ambulance.
• Do abdominal thrusts wrapping your arms around
  the victims waist.
• Make a fist
• Place thumb side of fist in
  middle of abdomen
• Quick upward thrusts

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First Aid/CPR/AED

• Basic CPR
• Use HELPU
• Hazards identify all the hazards.
• Environment consider your surroundings.
• Look be cautious in high traffic areas.
• Protect against bloodborne pathogens use
  universal precautions.
• Unknown hazards consider the hazards you cant
  see.

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First Aid/CPR/AED

• Basic CPR
• Activate Emergency Medical Services (EMS).
• If you are alone, call EMS yourself before
  rendering aid.

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First Aid/CPR/AED

• Perform an Initial Assessment
• Open airway using head-tilt, chin-lift.
• Remove foreign materials.
• Look, listen and feel for breathing.
• Assess no longer than 10 seconds, if breathing is
  absent, perform CPR.

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First Aid/CPR/AED

• Basic CPR
• If patient is not breathing, give 2 ventilations.
• Provide continuous cycles of 30 compressions and
  2 ventilations until another provider or EMS
  takes over.
• Once the patient begins breathing, if they are
  not injured, place them in recovery position.
• Monitor breathing.

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