Hand and Arm Protection

This category includes Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used to safeguard the hands and arms of a worker during the fabricating process. As a worker’s hands conduct a wide variety of tasks with many different forms of materials and equipment, hand and arm protection is manufactured from many different materials to suit different purposes. Factors determining the sort of glove or other protection necessary include that nature of contact, type of chemical or substance being handled, the area requiring protection, grip requirements, abrasion requirements, size, and comfort. Items in this category include leather gloves, aluminized gloves, aramid fiber gloves, insulating rubber gloves, coated fabric gloves, and chemical- and liquid-resistant gloves constructed of a wide variety of materials.