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Bernard Garvey is technology director at glove manufacturer Polyco, www.polyco.co.uk

 PPE guide: EN 388: a cut above

Monday 16th January 2017
The revised EN 388 standard, which was released in November 2016, is intended to bring the standard for safety gloves up to date with developments in cut resistant fibres.EN 388 determines a protective glove’s performance against four primary hazards:
  • blade cuts
  • punctures
  • tears
  • abrasion.
The results of tests for these factors are then translated into the performance rating of the gloves – a number from zero to four for puncture, tear and abrasion, and zero to five for cut resistance.
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