The Hand Safety Specialists

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Crushing - $104,615
Fracture - $93,363
Puncture - $40,758
Laceration - $36,472
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 companys bottom line. The averages
below are based per incident.
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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Standards
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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 thatcheap.
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