Not all PPE is rated for protection from both cut and puncture hazards. Unfortunately, a steel worker found this out the hard way. The user was wearing a leather palmed Kevlar glove while handling scrap. A metal sliver pierced the leather and went through the user’s finger.
It’s important to understand the shortcomings and strengths of your PPE. When you’re dealing with metals, your PPE needs to have both cut and puncture-resistance due to the variability of the edges. The metal sliver puncture injury caused this steel producer to re-evaluate the level of puncture protection needed, and called in HexArmor to solve their problem.
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