Personal Equipment for Low Seam Coal Miners: IX. Development and Testing of Knit Fabric Gloves

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• Personal Author:
  Downing JV ; Krohn GS ; Sanders, Mark S. ; Shaw BE ; Downing JV ; Krohn GS ; Sanders, Mark S. ; Shaw BE
• Description:
  This report discusses the development and testing of prototype gloves for underground mining work. An analysis of hsac hand-finger injuries revealed three high-risk jobs: laborer, mechanic, and roof bolter. Laboratory tests of dexterity and protection were performed using six off-the-shelf gloves. Two prototype gloves were developed. Both were kevlar-cotton blend knit gloves. One had polyvinyl "ks" screened on the palm and fingers, and a hand pad sewn into the palm. The other prototype had the palm and fingers coated with a solid layer of polyvinyl and had no hand pad. Field tests revealed that the solid-coated gloves were preferred by workers, but that the polyvinyl melted when working with hot drill steels. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications   ; Mining Publications  
• Subseries:
  Open File Report ; Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report ; Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center ; PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-60
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10006112
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB88-209325
• Citation:
  Available for Reference At Bureau Libraries :60 pages
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Performing Organization:
  Essex Corporation
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:169247e9c906301f6c0196cc865ff28feeb78c06f5c2d96b3e1f2bb791eb955d68137da45978693e949a10277e18e9e9140fea4f9cc2742aa58e020431284be4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206840/cdc_206840_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.85 MB ]