Construction Hand Protection 101: Spotting and Mitigating Risks

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In construction, hands are everything – they’re essential for every task, whether it’s operating heavy machinery, handling materials or doing precision work. Protecting them isn’t just a precaution; it’s a critical component in keeping every worker safe and productive on the jobsite.

Recognizing the potential hazards on a jobsite is just the first step towards injury prevention. Outfitting your team with the right hand protection means your team members are equipped to deal with a variety of common hazards present on the construction jobsite.

Cuts and Abrasions

When it comes to tasks that involve handling sharp or abrasive materials, the risk of cuts and abrasions are heavily present. Everyday tasks such as installing metal ductwork, fitting windows with glass panes and smoothing out splintered edges on wooden boards carry the risk of cuts and abrasions. Even a simple slip while laying down roofing tiles or running a hand along the edge of sheet metal can result in a laceration severe enough to take a worker off a jobsite and to the hospital. Wearing ANSI/ISEA-rated cut and abrasion-resistant hand protection is crucial to reducing these hand injuries.

By investing in high-quality cut resistant gloves designed with advanced materials like PolyKor® and engineered ATG® fibers, employers can ensure the safety and productivity of their workforce, while workers can confidently perform their tasks without the fear of hand injuries.

  • G-Tek® PolyKor® Cut Resistant Gloves

    • Advanced Fiber Technology: custom blends of high-performance fibers deliver enhanced cut resistance, durability and comfort tailored to specific safety needs, while engineered yarns improve overall glove performance by combining multiple fiber technologies to achieve optimal protection and comfort
    • Affordable Cut Protection: high-quality cut-resistant gloves at an affordable price ensures that even budget-conscious operations can access reliable hand protection without compromising safety
    • Versatility for Every Application: gloves suitable for a wide range of applications and industries allows businesses to use a single glove type for various tasks, simplifying inventory management and reducing the need for multiple glove types

  • Premium ATG® Cut Resistant Styles

    • Advanced Cut Protection: CUTtech® utilizes high-performance fibers and innovative blends to provide superior cut resistance tailored to different levels of risk, ensuring maximum protection while maintaining comfort and flexibility
    • 360° Breathability: AIRtech® patented MicroFoam nitrile coating channels moisture and heat away from the skin, maintaining an optimal hand temperature and enhancing comfort during extended wear, making it the most breathable glove on the market
    • Enhanced Durability: DURAtech® provides twice the mechanical performance for maximum hand dexterity
    • Ergonomic Design: ERGOtech® allows the form, fit and feel to mimic the “hand at rest” reducing hand fatigue, and a consistent liner penetration with smooth rounded fingertips improves sensitivity
    • Optimized Grip Performance: GRIPtech® patented micro-cup coating finish allows for a controlled and maximized grip for a variety of work environments
    • Dermatological Accreditation: Oeko-Tex™ certified as skin safe and awarded dermatological accreditation by the Skin Health Alliance; all ingredients used in production are REACH compliant and 100% silicone free

Punctures

Sharp tools and small components such as nails and screws can cause serious puncture wounds. While the immediate pain may cause a temporary delay in the workday, there is also a risk of infection and long-term tissue damage resulting in permanent total disability for a worker. Although no glove is puncture proof, PIP® gloves with ANSI/ISEA-rated puncture resistance help to significantly mitigate the risk with:

  • Palm and Finger Coatings: like nitrile, polyurethane, or latex, enhance puncture resistance, providing critical protection in high-risk areas
  • Strong Liner Material Technologies: like Kevlar®, PolyKor® and Dyneema®, ensure robust puncture resistance through the glove, offering comprehensive protection
  • ANSI/ISEA 105-2016 Rated Compliance: provides a trusted measure of the glove’s performance, ensuring workers have reliable and certified protection

Impacts

The consequences of impact injuries can range from intense pain and swelling from a crushed hand to long-term dexterity loss, requiring extensive recovery time and possible surgery. To mitigate these risks, it’s important to use gloves equipped with impact-resistant padding or reinforcement. These specialized gloves provide crucial protection, absorbing and dispersing the force of impacts to safeguard against hand injuries during intense construction activities.

Choosing the right level of ANSI-rated impact gloves tailored to specific tasks ensures workers can perform safely and effectively in diverse construction environments.

High Impact: ANSI/ISEA 138-2019 Levels 2-3

Risks: operating heavy machinery like cranes, forklifts and excavators may cause crushing or pinching hazards

Recommended Hand Protection: G-Tek® PolyKor® D3O®iP™ 16-MPT630 & 16-MPT430

D3O®iP™ combines maximum dexterity with ANSI/ISEA 138-2019 Impact Level 3 compliance through an exclusive chevron pattern 3D-printed onto a 13-gauge cut resistant seamless knit shell, delivering the highest yet thinnest impact protection in the market.

Moderate Impact: ANSI/ISEA 138-2019 Levels 1-2

Risks: manual handling of materials and tools like concrete pouring, steel framing and jackhammering may cause back of hand impacts and vibrations

Recommended Hand Protection: G-Tek® PolyKor® 16-MPH430HV

Features a seamless knit PolyKor® blended 13-gauge shell with a Double-Dipped Nitrile MicroSurface coating on the palm and fingers, and heavyweight TPR delivers back-of-hand- impact resistance to knuckles and fingers.

Low Impact: ANSI/ISEA 138-2019 Levels 1 or non-rated

Risks: light tasks that require dexterity and protection from vibrations like precision work and handling small hand tools

Recommended Hand Protection: G-Tek® PolyKor® 16-MP585 & 16-MP785

Feature a lightweight 18-gauge cut resistant shell with TPR on the back of the hand, offering excellent dexterity, tactile sensitivity, cut resistance, and added impact protection.

Chemical Exposure

Chemicals are commonly present on construction sites and pose various hazards. Workers may encounter substances like solvents, adhesives, sealants, paints, and coatings, which can be harmful if not handled properly. Skin irritation, burns, allergic reactions, and even systemic toxicity can occur if absorbed through the skin without the proper hand protection. Workers mixing or applying concrete may be exposed to wet cement, which contains alkaline compounds that can lead to chemical burns. Similarly, handling solvents and adhesives without gloves can result in dermatitis or other skin conditions.

To prevent these hazards, it is important for workers to wear appropriate chemical resistant gloves, like Grippaz® Extended-Use Disposable Gloves and follow proper safety protocols such as washing hands thoroughly after exposure and avoiding direct contact with hazardous substances.

Grippaz® are specifically designed to offer superior protection, lasting five times longer than regular disposable gloves in industrial applications due to their:

  • Unique fish scale grip: excellent hold, enhancing control and reducing risk of accidents
  • Nitrile composition: delivers excellent chemical resistance, protecting hands from exposure to hazardous substances
  • Various mil thicknesses and lengths: offers customizable protection levels to suit different tasks and environments
  • Free from powder or silicone: reduces the risk of allergic reactions
  • Touchscreen Compatibility: allows the user to operate a phone or tablet without removing gloves

Thermal Dangers

Construction Sites present a wide range of thermal dangers that can significantly impact worker safety and productivity. From intense heat encountered during welding tasks to the biting cold of winter work environments, protecting workers’ hands is critical. Proper hand protection not only ensures safety but also enhances comfort and efficiency on the job. Understanding the specific thermal risks and selecting the appropriate gloves can make a substantial difference in preventing these hazards.

Extreme Heat

For welders exposed to extreme heat while using cutting torches or working near hot surfaces and materials like asphalt, gloves that offer robust protection, like premium Caiman® high-performance welding gloves, is crucial.

Caiman® gloves offer unique, patented design features that blend innovation, comfort and quality:

  • Patented Kontour™ Design: offers unparalleled ergonomic fit, enhancing comfort and reducing hand fatigue during extended use
  • Precision-Engineered Glove Patterns: allows for superior hand dexterity, enabling precise and efficient handling of welding tools and materials
  • Premium Leather Selection: provides tailored protection for specific welding applications, ensuring durability and optimal performance
  • Heat and Flame Resistance: shields hands from extreme heat, sparks, and molten metal, ensuring safety in high-temperature welding environments
  • Enhanced Protection: extended cuff lengths offer additional forearm protection and reinforced seams enhance glove longevity and resistance to wear and tear, providing reliable protection over time
  • Comfort and Performance: moisture-wicking linings keep hands dry during intense welding tasks and soft yet sturdy materials balance protection with flexibility, allowing for natural hand movements without compromising safety
  • Versatility for Various Application: task-specific designs ensures that welders have the right glove for each specific job, enhancing safety and efficiency

Extreme Cold

Conversely, the hand strain from tasks such as concrete work, framing and roofing, masonry and bricklaying, demolition, and landscaping is exacerbated when workers are exposed to extreme temperatures. Prolonged exposure to freezing temperatures without enough hand protection can cause long-term nerve and tissue damage. By using PIP® cold-resistant gloves tailored to these specific applications, construction workers can maintain safety, comfort, and productivity even in challenging cold-weather conditions:

  • Superior Insulation: high-performance insulation, like 3M™ Thinsulate™ and Heatrac®, keep hands warm and dry in extremely cold conditions, enhancing comfort and preventing cold-related injuries
  • Advanced Material Technologies: seamless knit gloves with water-resistant treatments keep hands dry and warm, essential for working in wet, cold environments to prevent discomfort
  • Durable Leather Options: offer excellent protection against abrasions and punctures while maintaining flexibility and comfort
  • Enhanced Comfort and Fit: gloves designed for natural hand movement reduce hand fatigue and increases comfort, allowing for prolonged wear without compromising performance, while elastic or adjustable cuffs ensure a secure fit, preventing cold air from entering the glove
  • Versatility for Various Applications: gloves tailored for specific cold-weather tasks provide optimal protection and performance for a range of industries, while the use of lightweight and flexible materials offer ease of movement and dexterity, essential for tasks requiring precision and fine motor skills
  • Enhanced Safety and Protection: added features like impact resistance protects hands from mechanical hazards, ensuring safety in physically demanding environments, and enhanced grip textures provide a secure grip in wet and icy environments, improving safety and handling of tools and materials

Prioritizing Hand Safety in Construction

Equipping workers with the right protective gear tailored to specific construction tasks is essential for preventing hand injuries and maintaining a safe, productive job site. By understanding and addressing the various hazards—cuts, abrasions, punctures, impacts, chemical exposures, and thermal dangers—employers can significantly reduce the risk of accidents and ensure the well-being of their workforce. Investing in high-quality gloves that offer the appropriate ANSI/ISEA-rated protection not only enhances safety compliance but also promotes efficiency and confidence among workers, ultimately contributing to a more effective and resilient construction environment.

For expert advice on selecting the best hand protection solutions for your construction needs, contact us today. Your safety is our priority!

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It seems like every other article on hearing protection is talking about Noise Induced Hearing Loss. And for good reason; Noise Induced Hearing Loss, or NIHL as it’s commonly referred to, is a "s…

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10 minutes with Bridget Milot of PIP

Bridget Milot remembers waking up in the middle of the night to the sound of invoices rolling across the fax machine when she was a little girl. She was 12 years old the first time her father, Joe Milot…

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Protective Sleeve Buyers Guide

When it comes to arm protection, you don't have to settle for what's already out there. Each work environment, task, and person provides a different set of variables that affect the type of protection re…

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Big data will help this company sell more gloves, goggles and hard hats

Bridget Milot believes that big data and a bigger information technology department will position Protective Industrial Products to gain a larger share of the market for safety goggles, hard hats and gl…

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PIP Drives Growth Through Investments in Technology and Announces Chief Information Officer

LATHAM, NY – August 12, 2016, Bridget Milot, Vice President of Administration and Corporate Counsel for Protective Industrial Products (PIP), is pleased to announce major investments in human ca…

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Cut Protection Fit for a Knight

Cut protection gloves have undergone a wide array of changes over the years. Original cut protection goes back centuries when metal armor and chainmail were used for protection. This was an effective to…

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PIP Adds a New Regional Sales Manager to it's Team

LATHAM, NY - June 22, 2016 - PIP is pleased to announce the addition of David Wilkes as Regional Sales Manager. David joins PIP with over 20 years of experience in the safety industry with a proven tr…

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PIP Appoints New National Accounts Manager

LATHAM, NY – April 22, 2016, Protective Industrial Products, Inc. (PIP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Samantha Robbins as a National Account Manager. With more than 25 years of experienc…

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Maximizing Efficiency: Managing Waste & Cost

An incredible amount of time and effort is often spent reviewing product pricing over  other considerations that impact a company's bottom line. Don’t read that the wrong way; while prici…

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PIP Introduces Falcon™ Protective Gear

LATHAM, NY – April 6, 2016 Protective Industrial Products, Inc. (PIP), a global leader in Hand Protection and provider of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), is proud to announce the launch of Fa…

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Trends in Hearing Protection

Hearing loss is preventable. Why, then, is it still so common? NIOSH notes that occupational hearing loss is one of the most common work-related illnesses in the United States. And according to OSHA, ap…

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PIP Acquires Retail Market Safety Products Leader, Safety Works

LATHAM, NY - February 19, 2016 - Protective Industrial Products, Inc. (PIP), an Albany, NY based leader in personal protective equipment, has acquired SAFETY WORKS LLC., a rapidly growing provider of sa…

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PIP Realigns Salesforce for Continued Growth

LATHAM, NY - February 4, 2016 - In an effort to strengthen its best-in-class sales support and training in the Safety industry, Protective Industrial Product, Inc. is pleased to announce the realignment of…

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Trends in Eye Protection

In 2014, nearly 24,000 eye injuries involving days away from work occurred, the Bureau of Labor Statistics states. Workplace-related eye injuries can have lasting and devastating consequences. However, th…

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Glove and hard hat supplier doubles sales as construction and manufacturing grow

A rebound in the automotive and construction industries have helped Joe Milot's company double its revenue over the last five years.Milot is founder and president of Protective Industrial Products Inc., a …

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The State Of The Personal Protective Equipment Market

During the STAFDA 2015 Convention on Nov. 9 in Phoenix, AZ, the event's general session that morning included a "state of the industry" report on personal protective products from Robin Roberts, Vice Pr…

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Trends in Protective Clothing

For workers who wear protective clothing, getting dressed for the workday is serious business. Take a construction worker performing night work, for example. High-visibility clothing can help him be se…

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PIP Expands Domestic Manufacturing Facility

LATHAM, NY - Protective Industrial Products, Inc. (PIP) is pleased to announce it has recently broken ground on a multimillion dollar expansion of its PRI Industries, Inc. (PRI) manufacturing facility in…

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PIP, DSM Dyneema Tee Up Partnership Supporting Educational Efforts for Next Generation of Workplace Safety Leaders

Organizations to Serve as Co-Premier Sponsors of ASSE Foundation's 2015 Safety Matters Golf Tournament, Demonstrate New Possibilities Combining Cut Protection and Comfort Will demonstrate cut resistant gloves…

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PIP Launches Two New Lines of Cut Protection Gloves

LATHAM, NY - May 12, 2015, Protective Industrial Products, Inc.(PIP) is a global leader in hand protection and a licensee of DSM Dyneema®, covering both American continents and Asia. Today, we are pl…

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STAFDA Announces Convention Keynote Speakers, Theme

The Specialty Tools and Fasteners Distributors Association recently announced the keynote speakers and theme for this year's 39th Annual STAFDA Convention and Trade Show, held Nov. 8-10 in Phoenix.STAFDA…

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Latham Glove Manufacturer Names New CFO

Protective Industrial Products has named Sean Weil as the Latham, New York-based manufacturer's new chief financial officer.Protective Industrial supplies hard hats, work gloves, safety goggles and refl…

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Executive Team Appointments at Protective Industrial Products

LATHAM, NY - The board of Protective Industrial Products is pleased announce the appointment of two new members to the executive management team effective immediately. Anthony Di Giovanni is now Vice Preside…

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Protective Industrial Products National Account Team Expanded

Protective Industrial Products (PIP) is pleased to announce the expansion of its national accounts team. This newly created team will be led by Kurt Wanner who has accepted to lead it under the newly cr…

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Milot Family and PIP Employees to Be Honored by American Cancer Society

The Beacon of Hope Award honors remarkable individuals and organizations ALBANY, NY - The American Cancer Society (ACS) will honor the Milot family and Protective Industrial Products (PIP) employees a…

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PIP Announces Key New Appointment and Additions

LATHAM, NY - NOVEMBER 11, 2014 - Protective Industrial Products is very pleased to announce the following appointment and additions to fuel our growth and innovation, while strengthening support of ou…

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PIP Aquires Safe Industries Inc

Latham, NY - June 11, 2014, Protective Industrial Products Inc. (PIP) is pleased to announce expansion of its US manufacturing footprint by acquiring Safe Industries Inc. of Gloversville, New York. For …

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Protective Industrial Products Donates $15,000 to Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

Local American Cancer Society to Benefit ALBANY, N.Y. - On Thursday, May 29, 2014, Protective Industrial Products (PIP) will present the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk with a check for $15,0…

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PIP Expands Marketing Team

Latham, NY - May 27th, 2014, Protective Industrial Products Inc. is pleased to announce expansion of its marketing team. NEW ADDITIONS Joining our team are two new marketers who will help augment ou…

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Protective Industrial Products Mourns the Loss of a Long-Standing Partner

Latham, NY - April 24, 2014 - PIP joins the members of Western Safety Associates (WSA) in mourning the loss of longtime partner and founder, Gene Philip Hall, who passed away the morning of April 21, 20…

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Protective Industrial Products (PIP) Introduces Its Latest Range of Cut Resistant Gloves with Dyneema® Fiber for the Chinese Market

Close Co-operation between PIP and DSM Dyneema Delivers Gloves with Reliable Cut Resistance Performance, Comfort and Cost Efficiency Shanghai, 8 April 2014 - At the 88th China (International) Occupational Safe…

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Protective Industrial Products Appoints Tim Kane as National Account Manager

Kurt Wanner, Vice President of National Accounts, is pleased to announce that Tim Kane will be joining his team as a National Account Manager.  Tim will be responsible for HD Supply, Staples and Airgas, t…

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PIP Announces New Appointments and Additions in 2014

Latham, NY - January 9, 2014, Protective Industrial Products is once again pleased to announce the following additions and appointments to fuel our growth and innovation. NEW ADDITIONS Joining us as Product Spec…

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New PIP Corporate Headquarters

ALBANY, NY - PIP is pleased to announce that as of Monday, December 30th, 2013, our Corporate Headquarters will move to nearby Latham, NY. Our new location will be home to our Executive, Administrative, Sa…

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New tenant taking Plug Power's space at headquarters

A manufacturer in New York's Capital Region will take over the street-front offices at the headquarters of Plug Power Inc., the Latham, NY fuel-cell maker.By year's end, Protective Industrial Products…

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PIP SR Vice-President, Robin Roberts, Elected to Evergreen's Supplier Advisory Council

Protective Industrial Products, Inc. (PIP) is exceptionally proud and honored to have Robin Roberts elected as Chairman of Evergreen Marketing Group's 2013-14 Supplier Advisory Council. Mr. Roberts ha…

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PIP Product Specialists, Chris Barrington and Travis Estes Earn Coveted QSSP Designation

PIP is pleased to announce that PIP Product Specialists, Chris Barrington and Travis Estes have earned the designation of Qualified Safety Sales Professional (QSSP).The QSSP course is a rigorous, week-lon…

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Two New Members Join PIP Senior Management Team

PIP's stellar growth, over the last 10 years, has positioned itself as a global leader in Safety Hand Protection and places PIP well on its way to becoming a referenced-leader in the Personal Protective Eq…

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PIP Wins Affiliated Distributors 2012 Supplier of the Year for Performance

PIP was recently honored for outstanding achievement in winning the Affiliated Distributors 2012 Supplier of the Year - Performance Award. To be recognized as a top performer in this esteemed group of…

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