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Workplaces injuries stemming from improper use of box cutters, utility knives, or other cutting tools creates numerous direct costs that affect a company’s bottom line. Among the most obvious include: Medical bills for treatment and follow-up care Lost time and productivity from the injured party as well as supervisors, safety officers, and others Workflow or [...]

We want everyone to use Martor USA box cutters and utility knives the right way, so as part of our commitment to safety, we have produced a number of free training videos for our customers. These videos cover how to use and change the blades on several of our most popular products, and are available [...]

For quilting, sewing, and other crafting projects, a rotary cutter such as the Rollex 509 or the Rolly 467 is often a more desirable tool to use than a regular utility knife. But you might occasionally run into situations where your cutter “skips threads” and doesn’t make clean cuts. What can you do when this [...]

The OSHA website has a neat tool that calculates the estimated costs of occupational illnesses and injuries. According to that calculator, a single laceration injury could potentially cost an employer more than $32,000 in direct and indirect costs combined. This figure takes into account things like work stoppages, administrative time required for paperwork and other [...]

Now that it’s a brand new year, it’s time to walk through your workplace and review the safety posters you have on the walls. Do the posters still relate to the utility knives that your workers currently use? Are they still legible and in relatively good condition? If you’ve answered “no” to either of these questions, [...]

To the inexperienced eye, most box cutters and utility knives appear to be relatively similar in that they all have a handle, a blade, and some kind of retraction mechanism. So what is it that makes the utility knives at MartorUSA.com safer than the others? Basically, the answer comes down to ergonomic design, advanced safety features, and [...]

Safety training is not a once and done, sign the sheet that you were there. If you are an employee you probably have safety training at regular intervals throughout the year.  And yes, regulations require that you do sign a sheet verifying you were at that training session.   As employees come on board or [...]

I read today that a guy almost lost a finger while working at a furniture making company, when he accidentally ran that finger on the cutting edge of a sharp blade.  While he did not lose the finger, he will be off work for many days, and his company will need to report an OSHA  [...]

Safety training is an ongoing program.  If you are a facilities manager, you are probably responsible on getting each employee trained and signed off for the training, especially if you have a manufacturing facility.  As employees come on board or as your business grows, safety training starts all over. If you work in a manufacturing [...]

Have you ever been officially trained in the care and use of your cutting tools?  If you work in an industry that is OSHA compliant, you certainly should have been trained.  If you are a weekend warrior type  woodworker, home improvement, or home crafter, you probably were taught at a very young age how to [...]