IN the realm of personal protective equipment, protective gloves offer the first line of defense against an array of hazards. Most often, they are used to protect the hands against scrapes, cuts, ...

If you want to get attention about hand safety, try showing a project crew what happens to a naked human hand when a knife slices through the palm, or a 4x4 comes crashing down on the bony back of the ...

With as many as 1 million hand injuries occurring in U.S. workplaces each year, hand protection is an important topic. Manufacturers continuously strive to improve the technology found in hand ...

Hand injuries are among the most common workplace incidents. While many are minor, such as cuts and scrapes, others can be far more serious, including burns or even amputations. Taking time to ...

At 9 a.m. on the first Monday of each month, I receive a recurring reminder to check the OSHA Enforcement web page for violations. It is a sobering exercise I started years ago that displays a list of ...

U.S. Labor Dept. data show that more than 100,000 lost-time hand injuries occur every year and that these injuries cost an average of between $6,000-$7,000 in workers’ compensation claims. That's one ...

Each year, millions of hardworking manual labor professionals—like yourself—encounter a variety of injuries on their jobsites. All too often, many of these injuries are associated with their hands, as ...

IN the realm of personal protective equipment, protective gloves offer the first line of defense against an array of hazards. Most often, they are used to protect the hands against scrapes, cuts, ...