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The Truth About Work Gloves And PPE Equipment

Article by Justin Arnold

Simply providing employees with work gloves is not enough. It’s often assumed by many businesses and employers that simply providing appropriate PPE equipment and clothing, such as work gloves, is all that is required to comply with current regulations governing safety at work, PPE equipment and safety clothing.

However, assuming that provision of the equipment or clothing is all that’s required to let the business or employer ‘get off the hook’ should an accident or injury occur is likely to backfire spectacularly. Because the regulations actually state a good deal more, and it is essential both in terms of compliance with regulations and the fundamental safety and well being of employees that businesses appreciate just how far their responsibilities go, and what it takes to comply with PPE equipment and clothing requirements.

To start with, it is clearly wrong to assume that safety equipment or clothing will last forever. Work gloves for example are likely to wear out quite quickly if they are used for long periods of time every single day. Even the best quality safety gloves will begin to become worn or damaged – but that is after all their purpose, to take the damage so that people’s hands don’t have to. But if employers simply assume that handing out the gloves and other safety equipment is all that’s required, this overlooks the fact that at some point the safety equipment will no longer be safe to use, and will no longer provide the kind of protection that’s needed.

In fact in some cases worn or damaged equipment or clothing might not just provide a diminished level of protection, it might also contribute towards a new risk or a heightened risk purely because of the damage. For example, if a glove has become worn or frayed, it might be possible that a piece of lose material catches on a piece of machinery, which could jolt the employee as they try to move, which might result in an accident.

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