[MAR-Ktech]

We run a very safety concious shop and rarely have injuries. A couiple stories about gloves from personal experience. We ask operators to use cautious judgement when wearing gloves around rotating machinery. Case in point, our bed strip roll forming operator was cleaning the rollers which is typically done with the rollers slowly turning. He was wearing white cotton gloves. His glove finger got caught in the pinch point between rollers. He managed to hit the stop button and pull his hand out of the glove before injury but it could have been disaster.

My cousin was wearing leather work gloves too near a fairly large rotating shaft of a piece of farm machinery. A set screw on the shaft caught the glove and took his arm off near the elbo. This was years ago before many of the current safety standards were in place.

When you think about it, even a large drill press bit or similar tool can catch a part of a glove and do serious damage. Extreme care must be used if wearing leather or canvas gloves around any rotating equipment.

Work safely!

Mar-Ktech