Critical PPE Gear!

A new study shows that the construction industry has the highest rate of fatal traumatic brain injuries. This is as a result of having objects falling on employees or them accidently bumping their heads. Thankfully, you have the ability to prevent this from happening by providing your construction employees with the right Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). But not just any PPE though, it must be this one particular piece.

Why Head Protection is Important:

• Your eyes, with which you see.
• Your ears, with which you hear.
• Your nose, with which you smell.
• Your mouth, with which you eat and speak.
• Your brain, with which you think.

Injuries to the head are very serious so use your Head and wear your hard hat. It might just save your life today.

HEAD PROTECTION SURVEY

Prevention of head injuries is an important factor in every safety program. A single injury can handicap an employee for life, or it can be fatal. A survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of accidents and injuries noted that most workers who suffered impact injuries to the head were not wearing head protection. The majority of workers were injured while performing their normal jobs at their regular worksites.

The survey showed that in most instances where head injuries occurred employers had not required their employees to wear head protection. Of those workers wearing hard hats, all but five percent indicated that they were required by their employers to wear them. It was found that the vast majority of those who wore hard hats all or most of the time at work believed that hard hats were practical for their jobs. According to the report, In almost half of the accidents involving head injuries, employees knew of no actions taken by employers to prevent such injuries from recurring.

The BLS survey noted that more than one-half of the workers were struck on the head while they were looking down and almost three-tenths were looking straight ahead. While a third of the unprotected workers were injured when bumping into stationary objects, such actions injured only one-eighth of hard hat wearers. Elimination or control of a hazard leading to an accident should, of course, be given first consideration, but many accident-causing head injuries are of a type difficult to anticipate and control. Where these conditions exist, Head protection must be worn to eliminate injury!