Personal Protective Equipment: 02. Hand and Arm Protection
7 min! Run Time
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Description
Your hands work hard to protect your livelihood. Are you working just as hard to protect them? You may not even realize all of the work that your hands are doing: lifting, typing, measuring, painting, steering, pulling, and cutting. Depending on the job, your hands are also exposed to many risks. In this program, we're going to discuss those risks and the many types of personal protective equipment (PPE) available to protect your hands and arms from injury. We'll also go over the different ways to wear and care for your PPE.This content complies with OSHA regulation 1910.138.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Lifting, typing, measuring, painting, steering, pulling, and cutting are everyday tasks that expose hands and arms to injury risk.
The hand and arm protection requirements in this course come from OSHA regulation 1910.138, covering selection and safe use of PPE.
Yes, it discusses the many types of PPE available to protect hands and arms, not just a single glove style.
It does, covering the different ways to wear and care for hand and arm protective equipment to keep it effective.
Because hands perform so many routine tasks, workers may not realize how much exposure to risk builds up until an injury occurs.
