How to Avoid Stand Injuries

When you think about stands, you think about hunters, professionals who work in labor departments and industries, firemen, and other professionals who frequently see great heights due to their career choices. While stands and lifts assist many working professionals with their duties, they can also lead to dangerous situations. Many people who work in these professions are injured every year when they fall from stands and lifts used for their jobs. Stand-related injuries are often incredibly serious because the falls typically occur when the lift or stand is at its highest level, many feet above the ground with no barrier to catch the worker underneath.

Injuries Caused by Falling From Heights

Stand injuries are similar to those attained from falling from heights, but these injuries may also be slightly more serious since the person involved may become caught in the lift or in the safety restraints. Most often, injuries falling from stands occur because the person involved is not using their safety restraints properly or at all or is using a broken safety restraint. There are many different types of serious injuries that can be caused by falling from a lift, a stand, or a bucket. These injuries include but are never limited to:

• Head injuries or traumatic brain injuries caused by falling and landing on your head or hitting your head on an object on the way down.
• Broken bones from limbs becoming stuck in the lift or safety restraint or from taking a hard fall on any part of the body.
• Internal injuries caused by falling onto pavement from great heights.
• Cuts, scrapes, bruises, and other lacerations caused by any part of the fall.

How to Prevent Injuries Caused By Falling From Heights 

If you regularly work from heights or enjoy hobbies that involve heights, it is important for you to understand the best ways to protect yourself from serious injuries.

• Always wear your safety restraint and make certain that it is in proper working order before you go up in the lift.
• Wear a helmet whenever you are working from heights to provide your head with some level of protection.
• Follow all of the safety guidelines for your job and ensure that you always get enough sleep so you can properly run your equipment.