As many safety and operations managers can attest, an overwhelming number of workplace hand injuries occur because staff remove – or entirely fail to don – adequate protection solutions. The reasons for non-compliance with established personal protective equipment (PPE) policies are varied, with comfort, fit and limitation of function and movement consistently sitting at the top of the list.

The rise of digital technology in the industrial sector has created a new challenge for safety managers, as machine operation and other activities like data input, schedule maintenance and ordering increasingly requires workers to interact with touch screens including smart phones and tablets.

If selected hand protection is not optimised for touch screen use, any efficiency gains realised through adoption of new technologies will quickly be negated by the increased risk associated with safety glove removal.