Protective gloves

Introduction

Employers are obligated to carry out risk assessments to collect all information on risks to health at a workplace. Protective gloves are needed to prevent injuries to the hands and to comply with the hazard prevention hierarchy. If all action in terms of “elimination, substitution, engineering controls" or “administrative controls" is incapable of reducing the risk to a sufficient degree, the worker must wear protective gloves.There are many different types of protective gloves available on the European market as personal protective equipment (PPE) conforming to the PPE Regulation[1]. This article provides information on these different types of gloves and…