Every year, hand injuries result in more than a million emergency room visits, making them the second-most common work-related injury, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) is urging people to minimize the risk of electrical fires and shocks by protecting their homes with arc fault circuit interrupters (AFCIs), ground fault circuit interrupters (GFCIs), and tamper resistant receptacles (TRRs).
Regulations on hand protection (and personal protective equipment in general) are fuzzy enough — general requirements only are spelled out in OSHA’s standards — to invite considerable interpretation.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimates that three out of five workers with reported eye injuries were not wearing their safety glasses at the time of injury.
You know that the distance from a corrosive material to an eyewash needs to be no more than 10 seconds and that the flushing fluid temperature must be tepid.