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    Choosing the Right Gloves for the Job: Automotive Industry [Infographic]

    Oct. 9, 2014
    There are a variety of things to consider when choosing appropriate hand protection for workers in the automotive industry, including sharp metal parts, caustic chemicals and the need for dexterity for some job tasks.

    As an EHS professional working in the automotive industry (or any industry), do you pick the gloves workers use to protect their hands? Are you choosing gloves for painting cars? What about stamping or parts assembly?

    Are there caustic chemicals? Are some of the parts oily? Are workers handling hot parts? Are they working with very small parts? Are you dizzy yet?

    Superior Glove has simplified the basic requirements in an easy-to-read, infographic format for reference.

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    Sandy Smith

    Sandy Smith is the former content director of EHS Today, and is currently the EHSQ content & community lead at Intelex Technologies Inc. She has written about occupational safety and health and environmental issues since 1990.

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