Additional References User Guide Credits Employees often perform fine work or tedious jobs at cutting, sewing, and quality control stations. Many times these jobs have acute visual requirements, coupled with intense wrist, hand, and finger movements. Following are potential risk factors and possible solutions involved in this process.
Employees use a pinch grip to hold small scissors between the index finger and thumb.
Holding small scissors between the index finger and thumb also can cause contact stress on the fingers. While holding scissors or manipulating fabric, employees often maintain awkward arm, wrist, hand, and finger posture. Cutting and manipulating fabric requires the employee to use repeated motions. 1 Small scissors. Use tools and work practices that encourage workers to avoid using more force and movement than the job requires.