Proper safety on the job starts with being aware of your surroundings. A key part of this awareness is knowing the environment and knowing what protective clothing to wear to be safe and compliant. Obviously, you can see and hear the car or forklift coming right at you, but without hi-vis clothing on, you can easily blend into the background of your surroundings.
Most Hi-vis protective clothing covers our torso and legs, providing sufficient coverage so you can be seen against any background. However, at close range, other parts of our body are at risk of injury. Even when our hands are attached to us, we often can’t see them, which can eventually lead to them being cut or pinched by the machine.
The Rise of Cut Protection
Popular new thought in the safety industry is for workers to wear cut resistant gloves even in general work environments. This will give the worker added protection when they lose sight of their hands. With advancements in cut resistant fiber technology, there are now affordable hand protection options that offer cut protection.
These are a great solution when we can’t see our hands. Just as effective as cut protection, we can even go a step further and provide additional protection – and no, we’re not talking about buying gloves with a higher rating. Instead, we’re referring to increasing the visibility of our hands.
Hi-Visibility & Cut Protection
As mentioned earlier, we wear high-visibility protective clothing so that we can be seen. So why don’t we wear high-intensity gloves? It’s a simple question. If our hands were more visible, we could keep them safe. When we work in machines and low light environments, it is easy to not see our hands because of the lack of light.
