The Hand Safety Specialists
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The OSHA website (www.osha.gov) has a great cost calculator called $afety Pays that gives an estimated idea of occupational injuries and illnesses and the estimated impact it could have on a company’s bottom line. The averages below are based per incident. •Crushing - $104,615 •Fracture - $93,363 •Puncture - $40,758 •Laceration - $36,472
BLS Hand Injury Statistics BLS Hand Injury Statistics • 110,000 lost-time hand injuries annually • Of the workers experiencing these injuries, 70% were not wearing gloves and 30% were wearing the wrong glove for their application. • Median of 6 days away from work for hand/finger injuries. • Sixty-two percent of hand injuries recorded by the Bureau of Labor Statistics are due to cuts and punctures. • Of hand injury cases involving days away from work, 47% are due to cuts. • Financial cost of these injuries is more than $300 million per year in lost production time, medical expenses and worker compensation.
IADC Statistics IADC Statistics Total Industry Recordable Incidents by Body Part •Finger injuries led incidents with 29.25% •Hand/wrist injuries 11.56% •Of the 2,933 incidents reported: – 29.01% were Caught Between/In – 26.01% were Struck By – 5.08% were Cut Total Industry Lost Time Incidents by Body Part •Finger injuries led incidents with 22.93% •Hand/wrist injuries 10.44% •Of the 833 incidents reported: – 27.37% were Caught Between/In – 24.85% were Struck By – 2.52% were Cut
2012 AESC Statistics 2012 AESC Statistics Total Industry Recordable Incidents by Body Part •Finger/Hand/Wrist Injuries injuries led incidents at 39.6% •Of the incidents reported: – 31.9% were Struck By/Against** – 25% were Caught in Between** ** Type of incident is not just specific to finger/hand/wrist**
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How to Select the Correct Glove How to Select the Correct Glove • Understand their application • What are you protecting yourself from? • What task are you performing? • Where are the injuries occurring? • What gloves are you using?
Proven Solutions, Proven Results Proven Solutions, Proven Results •Major operator reduced hand injuries by 60% in 30 days with implementation of custom glove program •Gulf of Mexico drilling contractor has reduced hand injuries by 40% since the implementation of the Roughneck glove in December 2010 •Approved by major operators, drilling contractors and service companies for global usage
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Cost Breakdown Cost Breakdown In a glove that costs $5.00 to make, labor accounts for only 60 cents or 12% of the cost. This means the remaining $4.40 or 88% of the cost is solely the cost of materials. Hence, if a glove is more expensive, then you can be assured that higher quality materials are being used; and if a glove is cheap, you can be assured the glove is exactly that…cheap. In the glove world, material quality dictates almost the entire cost of making the glove.
• An information sharing program, where companies share with us their hand safety/injury challenges. • In return, we share our wealth of knowledge and expertise on gloves, working together to create the best possible solution to the challenges at hand. • In a nutshell, you know your challenges, and we know gloves. When we come together, we work to enhance safety and reduce all costs that go with it.
Ringers is here to help! Ringers is here to help! Peter Skou, Business Development Europe Office: 281-953-5306 Cell: +7 985 457 5232 peters@ringersgloves.com Jim Bailey, President Office: 281-953-5305 Cell: +1 713 398 5654 jimb@ringersgloves.com
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