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Hand Safety for Industrial Environments
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Essential Provider : KnowledgeCity 7 Lessons · 15m in Arabic, English, Spanish
Course Description
Our hands, wrist and fingers are valuable tools. We use them every day. But they can be easily injured. Industrial environments present hazards that can severely damage our hands, wrists and fingers. This course will help you understand these hazards and ways you can keep your hands, wrists and fingers safe while working.
Your hands, wrists and fingers are involved in almost every task you perform in industrial environments. This includes using machines with heavy or fast moving parts, sharp tools and corrosive materials. All of these can be hazards. Fortunately, they are some simple safe work practices that can minimize these hazards.
Hand, wrist and finger injuries also result from not using the correct tool or not using the correct tool properly. These are known as ergonomic injuries. While they may not seem serious at the time, ergonomic injuries can lead to long-lasting injuries.
Sometimes the simplest solution to keeping your hands safe is to wear gloves. But you need to wear the right gloves for the job. You will learn what gloves are best to wear for common tasks in industrial environments.
What You'll Learn
- Recognize the industrial hazards that can injure your hands, wrists, and fingers
- Apply simple safe work practices to minimize hand, wrist, and finger hazards
- Prevent ergonomic injuries caused by not using the correct tool or using it improperly
- Choose tools and use them safely for tasks in industrial environments
- Select the best gloves to wear for common industrial tasks
- Understand the hand's design and structure
Key Takeaways
- Hands, wrists, and fingers are involved in almost every task performed in industrial environments and can be easily injured.
- Industrial hazards include machines with heavy or fast-moving parts, sharp tools, and corrosive materials.
- Ergonomic injuries result from not using the correct tool or not using the correct tool properly, and can lead to long-lasting injuries.
- Wearing the right gloves for the job is sometimes the simplest solution to keeping your hands safe.
- Simple safe work practices can minimize the hazards that threaten hands, wrists, and fingers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
It is for people working in industrial environments where hands, wrists, and fingers are involved in almost every task, including using machines with heavy or fast-moving parts, sharp tools, and corrosive materials.
What hazards does this course cover?
It covers industrial hazards that can damage hands, wrists, and fingers, such as machines with heavy or fast-moving parts, sharp tools, and corrosive materials, as well as ergonomic injuries from not using the correct tool or using it improperly.
What will I learn about gloves?
You will learn what gloves are best to wear for common tasks in industrial environments, since wearing the right gloves for the job is sometimes the simplest solution to keeping your hands safe.
What topics are included in the lessons?
The course covers an introduction, the hand's design and structure, safe work practices, preventing ergonomic injuries, choosing tools and using them safely, selecting the best gloves for the job, and a conclusion.
What are ergonomic injuries?
Ergonomic injuries result from not using the correct tool or not using the correct tool properly; while they may not seem serious at the time, they can lead to long-lasting injuries.
