Keywords: PPE, health and safety, personal protective equipment, cut, abrasion, safety gloves, sharp, blade,

A cut above

Phillippe Bermot | Feature | HSW
16.10.2008

The first cut is not always the deepest, but you still want to prevent it. Our hands are fundamental tools we rely on, and damage to them can lead to long periods off work or worse; lacerated nerves can rob whole hands of their sense of touch. 

Employees handling sharp materials in ind ...

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