[VIDEO] Personal Protective Equipment Basics - Hand & Arm Protection

In this video, Pete Rice provides an 8-point checklist of questions to ask yourself before using any hand and arm protection

November 11, 2015

After your head, your hands are probably the most important part of your body on a jobsite. ClickSafety presents Pete Rice, CSP, CIH, who takes you through Hand & Arm Protection (PPE). Pete reviews common type of gloves found on a jobsite and the various natural/synthetic materials that gloves are made of and what they protect against. Pete provides an 8-point checklist of questions to ask yourself before using any Hand & Arm protection.

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