Global Electronics Manufacturer Implements Safer Slice Tools

06-10-2020

Hubbell’s workers need to trim plastics and excess material left over from soldering activities in their manufacturing processes, as well as cutting cardboard and tape in standard shipping and receiving activities. Brian Donovan, the group EHS manager for Hubbell’s Construction and Energy Group, started exploring Slice® tools as a safer alternative.

Donovan credits Slice’s excellent information (on the web, in videos, and in person) for helping to convince Hubbell to try Slice tools. His European counterparts “were extremely pleased with you guys coming on site,” he says, to help find the right tool for every job. Once he had samples in hand, he explains, “it was very evident right up front to me that [Slice] was a viable alternative to the metal blade utility knives or metal blades in general.”

Donovan implemented a laceration reduction program that stated employees must choose their tools from several available options, where Slice plays a substantial role.

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