28 Aug ANSI slides into home plate with its new glove ratings label
There is a new symbol on work gloves that you will be seeing going forward. This is what it looks like: It’s the result of the 2024 revision of the ANSI...
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30 Apr Glove Risks: Overview of EN 388 with commentary on its limitations for U.S. users
In the previous two posts, we’ve explained where the EN 388 label comes from and how it contains risk information that is sometimes useful for U.S. users, especially when ANSI...
29 Apr Glove Risks: Using EN 388 to find abrasion and puncture resistance
One reason to attribute the relative scarcity of ANSI abrasion and puncture ratings is the existence of that information in non-ANSI forms. We are referring to the EN 388 information—a...
25 Mar Glove Risks: Where’s the Rating?
As you become more conversant with glove ratings, you will probably become aware that ANSI ratings aren’t always available for the risk you are interested in. There are a few...
25 Mar Glove Risks: Needle Stick
For those workers in the recycling industry and other situations where there exists a risk of accidental needle sticks, there is a rating just for this specialized risk. Very similar...
11 Mar Glove Risks: Impact
The ANSI impact rating is a more recent addition to the risks tested, and it is the only one specifically targeted to the back of the glove. This is the...
11 Mar Glove Risks: Puncture
It is often assumed that a glove with high cut protection is also going to be good at protecting against punctures. Even though this assumption very often proves correct, it...
12 Feb Glove Risks: Cuts
Of all the mechanical risks workers face, perhaps the most consequential is cut protection. If the task involves working around knives and saws, or sharp edges as with glass or...
05 Feb Glove risks: Abrasion
PART 2 OF A SERIES While cut protection is important to protect your hands from accidental contact with a sharp blade, the abrasive wear that a glove experiences is anything but...
29 Jan Gloves, Risks, and Ratings
PART 1 OF A SERIES In just one generation, the variety and specialization of gloves has exploded. The access to quality information about those gloves has followed close behind. That’s a...