Polyco gives a ‘helping hand’ to the waste and recycling industry!

Polyco’s guide to choosing the correct hand protectionThe waste and recycling industry is one of the most dangerous environments to work in, as the recent mid-year statistics from the Health and Safety Executive confirm. In 2010/11 there were 9 fatal injuries1 and 350 major injuries reported in 2009/10 in the UK2. Although the number of accidents in the waste and recycling industry has fallen, the accident rate is still four times higher than the national average and twice as high as the rate reported by the high risk manufacturing and construction industries.3 For those who work in the