What is the culture of prevention?

They are the positive actions and affirmations adopted by workers to reduce the rates of accidents, incidents and occupational diseases.

The prevention culture seeks a greater commitment of workers in matters of safety and health at work.

The foundation of the culture of prevention

The culture of prevention is essentially based on 2 elements to achieve its objective in occupational health and safety:

• It requires the participation of all workers in the organization.
• It requires a voluntary (not obligated) commitment to wanting to perform tasks correctly and safely.

It is on the basis of these two elements that the culture of prevention can be carried out, and the reduction of accidents can be achieved effectively.

The importance of a culture of prevention

The reduction of incidents, accidents and occupational diseases is one of the major objectives of safety and health at work, which is why by adopting a culture of prevention and other complementary methods, compliance can be achieved.

As important as it is to establish prevention measures, standards or guidelines to improve safety management, it is compliance with these measures and actions by workers who must comply with the rules to avoid suffering workplace accidents.

The cult of prevention achieves that from the incorporation of good values, behaviors and work practices in workers, their risks at work are reduced.

The benefits of implementing a culture of prevention

The main benefits of maintaining a culture of prevention of occupational risks are:

• The decrease in incidents, accidents and illnesses presented in the organization.
• Improve the work environment and the confidence of workers.
• Reduce the costs of the organization due to absenteeism from work that lead to occupational accidents.
• Maintain a pleasant work structure that all workers feel proud to integrate.

Likewise, it is important to emphasize that the positive results of implementing the prevention culture will be seen and maintained over time.

Last conclusions

Improving the culture of prevention of workers is a task that requires time, since it must start from the worker himself as an initiative and the participation of all, but once achieved, a significant reduction in risks in the organization is achieved.

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Hands

The hands are one of the most used tools of the human body , it is said that they represent 80% of the activities carried out by a person.

Now imagine what you would do if you were missing one of them. The hands are one of the first parts of the body to be exposed during an activity.

Why is the hand so important?

A person uses his hand for almost all the activities he performs, such as holding tools, using a hammer to strike, unscrewing a screw, removing a bolt with a wrench, among others.

One of the main fingers of the hand is the “thumb”, this finger is considered the most important since it fulfills the main function of support and grip. Now let’s think that we are going to hold the handle of a hammer without having the thumb, we could not do it since we do not have the opposite thumb to do such a task.

How can I protect my hand?

In occupational safety and health, there are safety implements that serve to prevent or reduce the effects of an incident or accidents , such as leather gloves type bait, these gloves are used to hold items with rough surfaces or sharp edges so that cannot injure the hands.

Another implement is the hot work glove, it is used to hold, move or remove objects that are hot (at temperatures of more than 200 ° C). This requires a glove that insulates the heat emitted by the object and can be held by the worker without suffering a hand burn.

Protection and injuries

The protection of the hands should be one of the important activities that a worker must internalize and make their own care.

The most frequent injuries to the hands are:

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Other Repetitive Motion Injuries.
• Cuts and amputations.
• Tendonitis.
• Burns from chemicals or heat
• Crush or entrapment fractures

Last conclusions

The prevention of hand injuries must start by oneself, since we use personal protective equipment, comply with safety regulations and report unsafe conditions we can reduce the probability of suffering an injury.

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