Rank: Guest 
|
Posted By John Belcher
I work in the Air Cargo industry and carried with the cargo is a large amount of documentation. This documentation is processed and inevitably contains a large amount of staples.
The staff involved suffer many cuts due to these. We have tried various controls e.g. informing outstations to use less staples, issuing gloves, protective tape to staff all to no avail and accepted the problem Recently a staff member had 3 weeks off, and operation and a stay in hospital due to an infection allegedly caused by a staple. (No it's not a windup)
Has anyone experienced the same problem or got any further ideas on potential control measures
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rank: Guest
|
Posted By Gareth Bryan
John,
I can't help with the staples but can confirm the potential injury issue having seen something similar happen to a school cook. The injury was so insignificant, the hospital stay and close loss of a thumb wasn't.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rank: Guest
|
Posted By TBC
Difficult one with so many bugs out there. Maybe you should consider asking the employees to get a tetanus jab from their own GP as a minimum precaution - I think it's still free. Then think of a long term solution.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rank: Guest
|
Posted By John Donaldson
We had a similar problem when accessing archived papers which were inevitably stapled together. The staples could be rusty and we were suffering a spate of minor scratches to the fingers.
Although it was not the ideal solution we used a Arco Cotton Micro Grip Glove. I have just checked their catalogue and they are still listed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rank: Guest
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rank: Guest
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum.
You cannot reply to topics in this forum.
You cannot delete your posts in this forum.
You cannot edit your posts in this forum.
You cannot create polls in this forum.
You cannot vote in polls in this forum.