Amputation Prevention

If you worked in the trade for any amount of time you have met a few old timers that are missing a finger or two. Workers seem to think this doesn’t happen anymore, but it’s not just the old timers and it’s not just fingers; amputations happen everyday in the trades. Let’s make sure it doesn’t happen to us.

First off, don’t use equipment that you are not trained to use. Don’t ever bypass guards for any reason, they are there to protect you. If you’re doing any maintenance on equipment, make sure that it is locked out and tagged out; this program is in place for this reason. Don’t stick your hands where they shouldn’t be or where you can’t see them. Keep your hair tucked under your hard hat and remove strings from hoodies. This will stop you from getting pulled into machinery and possibly an amputation or worse.

Nothing in your job or in any line of work is worth losing part of your body. Take the extra time and precautions and do things correctly and go home with everything intact because I hear prosthetics can cost you an arm and a leg.