Prevention

Although most nail injuries are accidents, some precautions can be taken to reduce the chances of this happening.

• Keep nails trimmed short to keep them from snagging on objects.
  
  
• Always keep the supporting hand out of the potential path of a box cutter or other sharp object.
  
  
• Be careful around machinery or when using hammers.
  
  
• Use door guards to prevent children from accidentally closing doors on their fingers.