Below are 4 things to consider when purchasing safety gloves for any type of building/construction work. We hope this helps you when selecting.
The following tips will help your employees in choosing the right safety gloves:
Fit
- Measure your hand circumference around the palm or at the base of the fingers. The number of centimetres will determine your size.
Continuous Wear
- Thin, disposable gloves allow for closer, detailed work that requires the use of your fingertips.
- Thin gloves with natural rubber, nitrile, PVC or polyurethane are not as cut resistant as other gloves, but they are easier to work in and are better for a variety of small-scale jobs.
Grip
- Wear sponge or foam-coated gloves that allow you to have a solid grip on slippery objects. Oil penetrates these types of gloves, making objects easier to hold. This prevents you from dropping objects that could cause injury to hands or other body parts.
- Cut resistance
- Gloves that offer sponge nitrile coatings with a cut-resistant liner of yarns such as Kevlar or high-performance polyethylene offer both oily grip and cut resistance. These gloves are perfect for sheet metal or other materials that present multiple hazards.
- Some gloves have stainless steel or fibreglass yarn for higher cut resistance. However, no glove protects against serrated or moving blades.
Durability
- Wear cotton or leather gloves, preferably with coating, when handling abrasive or heavy objects. Gloves coated with NRL, PVC, nitrile, neoprene, and polyurethane outwear normal cotton and leather gloves by two to 10 times.