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.
Hand Safety • What effects are there from losing fingers or a hand? • Financial • Lost work/wages • Home life
Hand Safety • Evaluation: A simple four step approach to eliminating, controlling, or minimizing potential hand hazards encountered in day-to-day activities.
Hand Safety • Step 1: Complete a general survey. • Is the work site safe? • Are there tripping hazards? • Are all moving parts properly guarded?
Hand Safety • Are there hidden hazards that need to be evaluated? • Have I identified the safe work zone?
Hand Safety • Step 2: Complete a more specific survey. • What task are you preparing for? • What is your role in the task?
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
First Aid/CPR/AED • The first response to an accident is the most important. • Often, first aid given at the scene can improve the victim’s 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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
First Aid/CPR/AED • Unconscious Victim • If the victim is unconscious and not breathing, perform rescue breathing. • If the victim’s heart has stopped beating, perform CPR if you have been properly trained.
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
First Aid/CPR/AED • Bleeding • Until emergency help arrives, control the bleeding. • Utilize latex gloves or plastic bags as a protective barrier.
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.
First Aid/CPR/AED • Choking • Choking occurs when food or a foreign object obstructs the throat and interferes with normal breathing.
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.
First Aid/CPR/AED • Choking • Phone emergency staff for help. • Send someone to call an ambulance. • Do abdominal thrusts: wrapping your arms around the victim’s waist. • Make a fist • Place thumb side of fist in middle of abdomen • Quick upward thrusts
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 can’t see.
First Aid/CPR/AED • Basic CPR • Activate Emergency Medical Services (EMS). • If you are alone, call EMS yourself before rendering aid.
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.
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.
