All about Hands
Provides structural support and rigidity to hands
What are Bones
These are unique to all humans
What are Fingerprints
How long does it take a fingernail to grow back if lost
What is 6 months.
Only 15% of people are this
What is Left Handed
Federal OSHA is a division of this department
Department of Labor
This connects bone to bone
What are Ligaments
This is comprised from human hair
What are Fingernails.
The human hands have this many bones
What are 27
Besides providing a unique identity, fingerprints provide this
What is grip and enhanced sense of touch
OSHA was signed into law in 1970 by this President
Who is Nixon
This connects bones to muscles
What are Tendons
All of these are fingers but not all fingers are these
What are Thumbs
What percentage of work place incidents involves the hands.
What is 1/6
The longest fingernails recorded in history were this long
What is 20 feet and 2.25 inches long and took 48 years to grow.
Simple safety means such as observations, signs, and simple conversations reduce injuries by this percentage
What is 80%
This allows movement and have three groups, moveable, semi moveable and fixed
What are Joints
The main bones in the fingers are known as these
What are Phalanges
It is almost impossible to do this.
What is move one finger without moving the others
Fingers are almost never this
What is Perfectly straight
Per Heinrick's injury theory, for every 1 major injury, there are over 300 of these that could have been a predicter to the major injury.
What is Near Misses
This acts as a shock absorber between joints.
What are Cartlidge
The fingers have none of these essential items, instead it controlled by the ones in the forearm and palm.
What are Muscles.
Even though hands make up a small amount of the body, they have this percentage of the over all bones in the body
What is 25%
What is the percentage of disability injuries involving the hands and fingers
What is 25%
This number of states currently have approved programs under OSHA
What is 29