What are the risks and head injuries?

The wise man knows that the head is the „command center” of our body and the organs in it. It’s not true that we only use 10% of our brain’s abilities. However, the truth is that we can learn how to use it more effectively. Each part of the brain is responsible for different functions, but without any of them, normal functioning would be difficult.

That is why it is so important to protect our head well at work so that there are no serious injuries such as:

  • crushed skull
  • skull dents
  • skull fractures
  • spine compression
  • brain injuries

Unfortunately, statistical data show that head injuries during accidents at work occupy the 3rd place immediately after limb injuries. This is a clear message that we still do not care enough to protect our head at work.

Among the causes of injuries are:

  • Collision of an employee with stationary objects (we hit our head on an object, a structure located within the scope of work). There are usually superficial wounds or cuts in the skin.
  • Falling objects (the object that falls on us is in motion, we can also move). Injuries will be the more dangerous the larger and the greater the distance the object will fall.
  • The possibility of falling from a height (we are a falling object that not only gains momentum and with great force can hit the ground, but we can also hit the protruding elements on the way).
  • Electrical hazards (electric arc, electrical insulation).

It is not for nothing that the regulations clearly define the work for which protective helmets are required.

This is indicated in the Regulation on general health and safety rules at work of 26 September 1997 in Table 2 on the types of work for which the use of personal protective equipment, including protective helmets, is required.

Remember that it is the employer who decides whether for tasks outside the list given in the regulation, he will not require the use of a protective helmet. It can expand the list of tasks for which the employee will have to apply such protection.

Protective helmets are classified in category II of PPE. However, if they are intended to protect against:

  • a high-temperature environment the effects of which are comparable to those of air at least 100 °C,
  • falling from a height,
  • electric shock and live work;

Source: https://horus.net.pl/blog/707-ochrona-glowy-cz-1-3–urazy-i-zagrozenia

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