A workplace accident at a welding company in West Midlands, England, shows that hand protection may not be the best choice for safety when it comes to certain workplace tasks.
Twenty-three-year-old Deimantas Beinoras was using a pedestal drilling machine to drill holes into some box section tubing. He was adjusting the work piece while the drill was running when his gloved hand became entangled with the unguarded drill bit, causing his arm to be yanked around the drill. Beinoras suffered two bones in his right forearm and required a skin graft.