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Galvanize wire hangers laundry plant

I handle galvanize wire hangers all day. I put pants and shirts on them in a industrial laundry. I handle thousands a day one at a time. Is this dangerous to me?

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Pete Goldman
plant production - Wayne, New Jersey
March 1, 2011

Hi, Pete.

I have never heard of reports of this being dangerous, and don't have reason to expect it to be. But a lot of possible occupational hazards of this nature tend to not be studied over years or decades. I think the appropriate thing to do if you are doing this all day every day would be to wear gloves. Even toll takers do.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
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March 2, 2011

I think that there is a risk of repetitive strain injury in what you describe.

Geoff Crowley
Crithwood Ltd.
Westfield, Scotland, UK

March 15, 2011

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