The most common trip to the hospital for us (and I bet most electricians) are lacerations to the hands,
Now we can complain that the bean counters have gone to far but take a minute to look at from their perspective.
Workers keep costing the company money due to cuts, lost time, workers comps payments etc.
In a large company this is a real issue, it cuts into the profits.
The bean counters job is to save this money, they are as proud of the job they do as we are of ours. So it is obvious the issue has to be addressed with some sort of restrictions.
I have never run into a 'knife permit' yet but the company I work for issues gloves and expects us to where them for many tasks.
Personally I hate the gloves but I can understand why them want me to where them.
