When utilizing exposed blade-cutting tools in your warehouse or shipping departments, your employees have an increased risk of experiencing a laceration event. 

No matter how well you train your employees to utilize cutting tools with exposed blades correctly, they still pose a threat. 

If you are looking for ways to help reduce common injuries like cuts and lacerations within the workplace, eliminating exposed blades is an essential step. Exploring why you should replace potentially dangerous cutting tools with safety knives will benefit your organization.

The Dangers of Exposed Blades

Employees should exercise caution when working quickly with exposed blades; it can be easy to forget the best practices and for individuals to make mistakes. 

These mishaps can turn into severe injuries that hurt your employees, cost you thousands of dollars for medical care, hinder your productivity, lead to expensive workers’ compensation claims and potential shutdowns.

Here at MARTOR, we have different levels of safety knives engineered to bring a safer way to cut in the workplace. 

Our SECUMAX line offers our safest features, with our concealed blade knives providing maximum safety. The blade is securely concealed to prevent close contact with users. 

This provides you with maximum safety from cut injuries and damage to goods.

Lacerations can occur when employees become distracted, their cutting tool slips, or they accidentally drop it while working. Equipping your workers with a level 1 safety knife helps reduce the amount of injuries.

MARTOR Safety Knives Offer a Safer Way to Cut

Safety knives limit blade exposure, which contributes to a safer working environment. Martor offers five levels of safety knives. 

A knife is one of the most common tools found in the workplace today. Finding safer alternatives to exposed blades will make an immediate positive impact on workplace safety. 

No matter what industry you work in, you must invest to eliminate exposed blades in the workplace.

Training is Essential

MARTOR USA offers a wide range of training programs for your safety knife program. These include online pamphlets, videos, and more. While using a safety knife is the first step towards protecting your employees from lacerations, training is just as necessary.

Once your employees are adequately trained on how to operate safety knives, they will experience a more efficient and safer way to cut.

Questions About Safety Knives? Contact MARTOR Today.

If you have questions about switching your company to safety knives, what kind is best for your operations, or anything related to employee safety, MARTOR is here to help. 

For more information, contact MARTOR today, and one of our safety experts will help protect you and your business from unnecessary knife-related injuries.