Lesson 9 Hand and arm protection
- Protecting your hands is as important as protecting other parts of the body. Gloves are designed for hand protection (some designs include also forearm and arm) from mechanical, chemical, or biological risk factors.
- They must meet strict requirement set out in standards, defining the general requirements for protective gloves, e.g. design, sizes, innocuousness, cleaning, comfort, dexterity, marking and instructions for use of the gloves.
- Gloves to be used by workers have to be selected in accordance to possible risk factors present in working environment.
- To make you safe, it is necessary to properly put on and off the protective gloves.
REUSABLE, CHEMICALLY-RESISTANT GLOVES
Follow the simple steps below to put on and remove gloves correctly:
How to use reusable gloves.
(Contains public sector information published by the Health and Safety Executive and licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Source: How to put on and take off Reusable gloves (chemical resistant) (PDF) https://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/posters/reusablegloves.pdf
Remove carefully to protect your skin from contamination.
Use gloves for no longer than recommended.
SINGLE USE, SPLASH-RESISTANT GLOVES
Follow the simple steps below to remove gloves correctly:
How to single use gloves.
(Contains public sector information published by the Health and Safety Executive and licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Source: How to put on and take off Single use gloves (splash resistant) (PDF). https://www.hse.gov.uk/skin/posters/singleusegloves.pdf