Your employees wear protective gloves while working, so their hands are completely safe. Right? Well, maybe. The truth is that in workplaces across the world, workers are wearing the wrong gloves for the job. Protective gloves are not one-size-fits-all, and the cheapest option will not work for every application. Even...
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Glove Chemical Resistance Chart
This chemical resistance chart is for advisory use only. Conditions, exposure times, chemical concentrations and residues may effect glove performance. It is strongly advised that on-site testing of all gloves is important to determining safe usage. Chemical Resistance Latex Nitrile Vinyl Acetaldehyde, 99.5% Recommended Limited Use Not Recommended Acetic Acid Recommended...
Gloves In Plant Sanitation
The Roles of Safety Gloves The glove plays different roles in plant sanitation, which includes personal hygiene. It can protect hands from injury and protect food from hands. They are used in production, cleaning and sanitizing, warehouse operations and other applications depending upon the type of food being processed. Are...
Why Use Different Color Gloves?
Segmenting areas of a lab by color of disposable glove can ensure lab workers don't cause cross-contamination by moving from one area to another. Working with one material then going to a different area is a potentially hazardous action that can cause cross-contamination in the lab. The supervisors/safety inspectors can...
Hand Health: Preventing Hand Dermatitis When Using Gloves
This week's blog post was kindly provided by Robert N. Phalen, Ph.D. and Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH). Dermatitis is no fun. I should know because I have dealt with it personally. Twice. The first time was when I worked in the automotive industry and I noticed my fingernails were getting...