PREVENTING ACCIDENTS & PROTECTING HANDS

Professionals, individuals, company managers, safety managers, buyers, etc.

HAND PROTECTION
IS EVERYONE’S
RESPONSIBILITY

1.4 million hand accidents,
a third of which are accidents at work.

In France, hand injuries are the first cause of all accidents treated in A&E.

The human and economic consequences are very serious.

ONE ACCIDENT
EVERY

SECONDS

130,000

ACCIDENTS IN

GARDENING
DIY

466,000

ACCIDENTS

AT WORK

A societal problem
1,400,000 hand accidents a year, in many cases with irreversible consequences: cuts, burns, crushing, etc., representing one accident every 22 seconds.
- 933,000 domestic accidents 130,000 happen when gardening or doing DIY,
- 466,000 professional accidents.
It is a genuine societal problem that affects us all and grows worse every year.

Sources: Fesum, Ameli – L’Assurance maladie (French National Health Insurance)
Our primary objective: prevention
Accident prevention is inherent to ROSTAING’s business.
It is a great cause to which we are committed as a designer and manufacturer of technical gloves, and is inseparable from our responsibility to society.

Our everyday missions and actions aim to protect users as much as possible. Our gloves can’t eliminate all dangers, but they can at least eliminate or considerably reduce the risk of injury.

Systematic protection
Work, DIY, gardening, etc.: we couldn’t do anything without our hands.

Very often however, far too many people, in their professional capacity or not, use their hands without protection or wear unsuitable gloves or gloves of the wrong size.

No one is safe from a moment’s carelessness.

We need to systematically protect our hands with the right gloves for the right job.
Anticipating risks
Multifunction gloves do exist, but it is better to choose gloves designed for a specific activity. ROSTAING offers specially adapted solutions, the result of precise thought, design and many tests with users in every trade, activity and field.

The best protective technical glove is the one designed for a specific application.
When consulting with companies, the ROSTAING teams draw up recommendations after careful analysis of the jobs or work to be done. Find out more about ACS

The user must be able to act in complete safety with no constraints, to accomplish every action from the most dangerous to the most technical and precise.

Prevention: a key factor in company performance

The most competitive companies are those with the best safety record.

You can’t cut corners when it comes to operator/user safety or the economic well-being of your company.
It is far preferable to carefully assess the risks and provide employees with the best solution for protection, the best grip, the best feel…for even better motivation and performance.

1.9

BILLION IN LOSSES

124,000

MEDICAL LEAVE CERTIFICATES

PEOPLE INCAPACITATED / DAY

Figues

The economic statistics only take into account accidents that led to a minimum amount of sick leave.

60% of work accidents are caused by handling or hand tools.
27% of hand accidents in the workplace result in sick leave representing over 124,000 medical leave certificates..

The economic impact of an accident at work has an average direct cost of 3,000 euros per accident and a much higher indirect cost, estimated at a minimum average of 12,000 euros(without incapacity >10%): an overall loss of nearly 1.9 billion euros.

Unfortunately, 1.6% of hand accidents result in physical incapacity (7,592 people per year): 21 people incapacitated per day.

DIRECT COST

The direct cost represents the amount paid by the company for social security contributions to the National Health Insurance (L’Assurance Maladie) for prevention.
Recent statistics from work accident studies revealed an average cost of 3,000 euros per accident taking into account all the medical costs, pharmacy fees and daily allowances, and an average cost of 21,000 euros with partial incapacity > 10%.

Source: L’assurance Maladie (French National Health Insurance) – Carsat Centre

INDIRECT COST

The indirect cost is inferred and less visible but is far greater. It concerns the real expenses paid in total by the company.

– Time spent giving first aid and possible halt to collective work
– Time associated with lost production and fall in yield
– Psychological impact on other employees, feeling of insecurity, lack of safety,
– Change in the work environment, employees quit because of the dangerous work,
– Social investment to support the injured worker and their family,
– Cost of repairing the damaged workstation,
– Administrative costs, enquiry costs, time spent hosting external services (health and safety inspection, CRAM (regional health insurance service), police, etc.),
– Possible fines (criminal sanctions, extra contributions),
– Recruitment and hiring of a replacement or temp, reorganisation,
– Prevention training and extra safety equipment, reinforced controls,
– Fees for accountants, insurers, assessors,
– Commercial impact of late delivery,
– Damaged brand image.

Several studies with complex calculations have created models for indirect costs.
In simple terms, we estimate the minimum cost to be 3 to 5 times the average direct cost,, i.e. an average of 12,000 euros for the least serious cases (source: Fesum).

GARDENING, DIY…take your safety into your own hands!

ONE ACCIDENT
EVERY

MINUTES

When people are relaxing at home, they often think to put on the right shoes, but rarely the right gloves. We have 5 to 10 pairs of shoes for different activities but few pairs of gloves…

We must systematically wear suitable gloves for a specific activity or application.
Children, too, must be protected when having fun (there is a special ROSTAING children’s glove range).

Make the right choice:

Choose the right level of safety and performance Find out more

Choose the right size of glove Find out more

The most used work tool

Every day, it is the tool most used by man. We count on our hands for their precision, agility, strength, resistance, gripping, etc.

Our fingers bend more than 25 million times during our personal and professional lifetime.

An indispensable and fragile tool

The hand is made of bones, joints, tendons, muscles, vessels, nerves, cellular tissue and nails.
1/4 of the body’s bones.
A very sensitive sensory receptor: 150,000 nerve fibres connect to the brain with 2,000 tactile receptors at the end of each finger.

The glove: a protective second skin

Gloves are much more than just protection for the hands.

They are essential tools that play a part in work processes (and industrial processes) and in leisure activities.
Beyond mere protection, ROSTAING designs its gloves to facilitate movement, to develop and promote every talent and skill.

If you injure your hand…

Contact a private or public specialists in hand surgery.

ROSTAING: TALENT IN HAND

ROSTAING is a pioneer, innovator, designer and manufacturer of ultra-high performance gloves. We have the longest experience, the greatest culture and most in-depth knowledge of the human and technical challenges faced by our customers and users.

ROSTAING is the benchmark for 48,000 business sites
(industry, construction and public works, fire-fighters, emergency services, army, police, security) and 1 out of 3 French people uses our gloves for DIY and gardening.

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Professionals, individuals, company managers, safety managers, buyers, etc.

HAND PROTECTION
IS EVERYONE’S
RESPONSIBILITY

1.4 million hand accidents,
a third of which are accidents at work.

In France, hand injuries are the first cause of all accidents treated in A&E.

A societal problem

Our primary objective: prevention

Systematic protection

Anticipating risks

Prevention: a key factor in company performance