Items Tagged with 'Hand protection'

Workplace hazards often go unnoticed until an injury occurs, but a strong hand safety program identifies risks before they lead to incidents. So, how do you assess worksites to recognize these hidden dangers and eliminate or reduce preventable hand injuries?

Join us as we explore how to look at your worksite from a new perspective, identify overlooked hazards and explore the Hierarchy of Controls to reduce risks before they lead to injury.

Do we need to use electrical gloves for testing an electrical outlet? What constitutes an electrical glove? What are the electrical hazards that warrant the use of hand protection? Can one glove work for all electrical hazards?

As an electrical worker or a safety practitioner, it’s imperative to understand hand protection. In this field, workers are faced with multiple hazards, and what works for one hazard could potentially exacerbate injury when exposed to another hazard. During this webinar, we’ll discuss multiple hazards and protection strategies against heat or cold, vibration, cut resistance, conductivity, electrical hazards (dielectric or voltage-rated), and gloves for use over other gloves. Hand protection and electrical hazards lead into the various standards that cover the specification, testing and maintenance of various gloves that an electrical worker may require. Hand protection is considered a complex topic, and this webinar is based on several real-life challenges that the presenter has personally experienced.