Hand Protection

Items Tagged with 'Hand Protection'

ARTICLES

Ignoring signs of disrepair in your safety gloves can lead to injuries

February 28, 2022

Safety gloves provide a layer of protection for your hands and shield them from different types of hazards on the job, including cuts, scratches, punctures, and burns. It’s important to replace your gloves as needed.

Next-generation cut protection

Innovative materials provide more comfort and safety than ever before

M.B. Sutherland

September 1, 2021

New technologies in hand protection with unique yarn blends, coreless yarn with strength-enhancing microparticles, and special fabric weaves are bringing you a whole new level of cut, abrasion, and puncture protection without the bulk or stiffness.

2021 Readers' Choice Awards Winners: Best PPE, safety equipment products

ISHN Magazine recognizes the most innovative personal protection equipment and occupational health and safety products of 2021

July 23, 2021

Thousands of ISHN subscribers voted online for the most innovative personal protection equipment (PPE) and occupational health and safety products, and now the results of ISHN's 2021 Readers' Choice Awards are in!

Tillman’s New 53 MIG Welding Glove brings exceptional level of comfort and protection

May 27, 2021

True to its reputation of providing unparalleled protective welding gear for over 90 years, the John Tillman Company announced its new MIG (Metal Inert Gas) welding glove.

Sustainability is a hot topic, but does it have any real meaning for industrial PPE?

Rodney Taylor

April 30, 2021

Sustainable product sales have increased 40 percent since 2014 representing a gain of $43 billion. Sustainable product growth is not limited to just one market sector. Increased focus on sustainability for core industrial markets puts industrial PPE in the mix.

5 tips for choosing the right safety gloves for the job at hand

Rick Pedley

February 9, 2021

Companies tend to lose more time and money on hand-related injuries than any other type of work hazard. Regardless of the job, professionals and managers need to protect their hands by choosing the right safety gloves.

Consider these handy tips for industrial glove usage and disposal

Brian Moseley

January 27, 2021

PPE gloves play a significant role in industrial plants not only in the fight against COVID-19 but also to protect workers against hand exposure to harmful substances, chemical or thermal burns, electrical dangers, bruises, abrasions, cuts, punctures, fractures and amputations.

How a new technology is setting the standard for hand protection

Bill VanMullekom

January 17, 2021

As part of efforts to reduce the injury toll, ANSI/ISEA 138, the American national standard for performance and classification for impact resistant hand protection, was published in March 2019.

Interpreting ANSI/ISEA 138: 2019 glove impact results explained

Rodney Taylor

July 14, 2020

The ANSI/ISEA 138:2019 standard fills a critical gap in the industrial glove standards infrastructure. One question often asked by end-users is: what performance level is appropriate for application needs?