The efficacy of anti-vibration gloves

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• Personal Author:
  Dong, Ren G. ; Hewitt S ; McDowell, Thomas W. ; Welcome, Daniel E.
• Description:
  Anyone seeking to control the risks from vibration transmitted to the hands and arms may contemplate the use of anti-vibration gloves. To make an informed decision about any type of personal protective equipment, it is necessary to have performance data that allow the degree of protection to be estimated. The information provided with an anti-vibration glove may not be easy to understand without some background knowledge of how gloves are tested and does not provide any clear route for estimating likely protection. Some of the factors that influence the potential efficacy of an anti-vibration glove include how risks from hand-arm vibration exposure are assessed, how the standard test for a glove is carried out, the frequency range and direction of the vibration for which protection is sought, how much hand contact force or pressure is applied and the physical limitations due to glove material and construction. This paper reviews some of the background issues that are useful for potential purchasers of anti-vibration gloves. Ultimately, anti-vibration gloves cannot be relied on to provide sufficient and consistent protection to the wearer and before their use is contemplated all other available means of vibration control ought first to be implemented. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Vibration
• Keywords:
  Antivibration Author Keywords: Anti-vibration Gloves Gloves Hand-arm Vibration Hand-arm Vibration Syndrome Personal Protective Equipment Vibration Control Vibration Exposure
• ISSN:
  0814-6039
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  121-127
• Volume:
  44
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048197
• Citation:
  Acoust Aust 2016 Apr; 44(1):121-127
• Contact Point Address:
  Sue Hewitt, Health and Safety Executive, Harpur Hill, Buxton SK17 9JN, UK
• Email:
  susan.hewitt@hsl.gsi.gov.uk
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Acoustics Australia
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203013/cdc_203013_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.46 MB ]