Remove Your Gloves When Using Machinery with Accessible Rotating or Moving Parts!

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Massachusetts. Department of Public Health
• Description:
  What happened in Massachusetts? A number of severe finger and hand injuries, including amputations, have been documented in Massachusetts, and across the U.S., as the result of workers wearing gloves while operating machinery with accessible moving parts. Many more similar incidents likely go undocumented. Gloves can be important personal protective equipment to protect hands, but should only be worn when appropriate for the task being performed, which almost never includes operating machinery with accessible moving parts. Wearing gloves under such circumstances can increase risk of injury. To prevent severe injuries, including amputations: 1. Never wear gloves when operating machinery with accessible rotating or other moving parts. This includes, but is not limited to, most woodworking and machining equipment such as drill presses, lathes, sanders, jointers, milling machines, grinders, and roll forming machines. 2. Workplace policies and procedures should specify where, when and what type of glove use is appropriate. Employers should develop and train employees on these policies and in the proper use of any assigned equipment. 3. Never remove manufacturer-provided machine guards and safety devices, and ensure that these safety devices are always used and never bypassed by workers. 4. Include signage on machinery that should not be operated while wearing gloves, to 5. Employers should explore all possible ways to remove hazards, including eliminating employee exposure to accessible rotating and moving machine parts. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Manufacturing and Industrial Facilities
  • Mortality
  • Musculoskeletal System
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Protective Clothing
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Fatalities
  • Injuries
  • Accident analysis
  • Accident prevention
  • Safety
  • Safety education
  • Safety practices
  • Machine operation
  • Machine operators
  • Machine safety
  More +
• Publisher:
  Massachusetts State Department of Public Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053338
• Citation:
  Boston, MA: Massachusetts State Department of Public Health, 2016 Sep; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts State Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Remove your gloves when using machinery with accessible rotating or moving parts!
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216121/cdc_216121_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.33 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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