Regulations on hand protection (and personal protective equipment in general) are fuzzy enough — general requirements only are spelled out in OSHA’s standards — to invite considerable interpretation. Your procurement officer may prioritize up-front costs, while human resources or legal may weigh things like time lost to injury and workers’ comp claims. Workers themselves simply want comfortable gloves that protect their hands and allow them to do what needs to be done.
Too often, these perspectives run counter to each other, and compromises result. New cut protection technologies make it possible to serve all parties and deliver comfortable, effective, safe and cost-effective hand protection to workers. The challenge is to make sure all the interested parties know this.