Gloves inappropriate

IV. Personal protective equipment. Personal protective equipment includes chemical-resistant clothing and gloves and protective respiratory gear. The use of such equipment should be supervised by experts in industrial hygiene or others with appropriate training and experience. Equipment that is incorrectly selected, improperly fitted, poorly maintained, or inappropriately used may provide a false sense of security and may tail, resulting in serious injury. 

This also applies to cases of sensitisation to sodium mercaptobenzthiazole (a corrosion inhibitor), where sensitisation occurs in spite of working levels between 0.01% and 0.05%. The fact that this can occur suggests that there are particular factors related to cutting-fluid sensitisation that are not found in other situations. Apart from the irritancy of oils, particularly if inappropriate strengths are used, the warmth of the oils, the wetness of the situation, the abrasion from metal fragments and occlusion from protective gloves may all contribute to the high level of sensitisation found. 

It is always a good idea for the person in charge of PPE to put himself or herself into the gloves of the employee to better understand objectiorrs to the status quo glove situation and make better informed purchasing decisions. The last thing an employer wants is employees who feel uncomfortable or hindered by an inappropriate glove. 

INCIDENT 7.2.2.1 FATAL EXPOSURE THROUGH INAPPROPRIATE GLOVES ... 

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