The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has reported that 70.9 percent of hand and arm injuries could have been prevented with personal protective equipment, specifically safety gloves.

Personal Protective Equipment Examples. PPE has distinct requirements and standards. There are examples below of PPE, but they must meet OSHA standards to be effective forms of PPE in the workplace.

OSHA estimates that approximately 14 percent of construction workers in the U.S. are women.(Personal Protective Equipment in Construction, 89 Fed. Reg., 100333 (December 12, 2024)) However, most ...

Legal Lessons Learned: OSHA's new rule, effective Feb. 13, 2008, may require some fire & EMS departments to purchase firefighter gloves, SCBA mask eyewear prescription inserts and other items of PPE.

The wide world of personal protective equipment (PPE) could be intimidating to safety managers when a tight budget and limited resources come into play. When it comes to the construction industry, ...

OSHA’s proposed revision to the standard announced on July 19 would align the PPE standard for construction with that of general industry and maritime standards, which already explicitly mandate ...

Per the U.S. Department of Labor, there is no specific Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) standard covering COVID-19 (coronavirus).

Prison officials told OSHA they have 250 puncture resistant gloves on site and this year, made it mandatory for guards to wear them. "The tips of the gloves are very, very hard and they're squared ...

The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has reported that 70.9 percent of hand and arm injuries could have been prevented with personal protective equipment, specifically safety gloves.