Description
Your hands help you do a remarkable variety of tasks. Throughout the workday, your hands can encounter any number of hazards. Fortunately, many hand and wrist injuries are preventable. This course will present potential hand, wrist and finger hazards, as well as the steps to take to avoid them. Ideal learners include all employees.
Course Objectives:
Give examples of situations in your work that are potentially hazardous to the hands, wrists and fingers;Choose appropriate precautions to take to protect your hands, wrists and fingers;Discuss how certain types of movements can cause ergonomic problems
Duration: 11 min.
What you'll learn
Give examples of situations in your work that are potentially hazardous to the hands, wrists and fingers
Choose appropriate precautions to take to protect your hands, wrists and fingers
Discuss how certain types of movements can cause ergonomic problems
System Requirements
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or higher (11+is preferred), Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome (latest), iPad iOS (latest) (Tablet only), Mac OS 10.10 or 10.11 (PC only) Apple Safari 8 or 9, Android Google Chrome (latest). Course playback is not recommended for mobile phones. For optimal playback, it is also recommended that learners close all other browser windows when viewing a course.
UL
UL empowers organizations to protect the well-being of workers, reduce risk, improve productivity, enhance compliance, and drive measurable business improvement through its learning, health, and safety platforms. More than 2,000 organizations in over 20 major industries including manufacturing, pharmaceutical, healthcare, and construction & energy, trust UL’s software tools and learning solutions to meet their expanding needs. UL's international suite of online courses, built by industry experts and learning specialists, give employees the skills and knowledge they need to stay safe, succeed on the job, and remain in compliance.
Your hands help you do a remarkable variety of tasks. Throughout the workday, your hands can encounter any number of hazards. Fortunately, many hand and wrist injuries are preventable. This course will present potential hand, wrist and finger hazards, as well as the steps to take to avoid them. Ideal learners include all employees.
Course Objectives:
Give examples of situations in your work that are potentially hazardous to the hands, wrists and fingers;Choose appropriate precautions to take to protect your hands, wrists and fingers;Discuss how certain types of movements can cause ergonomic problems
Duration: 11 min.