Honeywell introduces industry’s first “connected- ready” electrical safety gloves to help protect linemen
Embedded RFID tags, combined with Honeywell Safety Suite software, track glove usage and safety compliance, automates data gathering and reporting, helps manage inventory and enhances worker safety
Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that it has launched the industry’s first “connected ready” electrical safety lineman gloves, which use embedded tracking technology developed by Honeywell to ensure gloves are always properly tested and certified before linemen use them for the most hazardous of electrical work.
Honeywell’s new Electriflex™ safety gloves include an optional embedded RFID tag, allowing utiliies to help ensure the gloves meet safety requirements when worn by linemen working on power lines carrying up to 35,000 volts of electricity.