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How much does a workplace injury cost? Education
How much does a workplace injury cost?

A workplace injury is expensive to the business, both in terms of direct costs like medical expenses and indirect costs like morale, efficiency, and recruitment.

Cold Work Gloves: How to Fight Frostbite with Specialized Protection Education
Cold Work Gloves: How to Fight Frostbite with Specialized Protection

Cold work gloves protect the wearer from real physical harm when working in a cold environment with exposure to cold surfaces or cold or freezing products.
Why Behavior-Based Safety doesn't work (and why it does) Education
Why Behavior-Based Safety doesn't work (and why it does)

Behavior-Based Safety is a popular safety methodology that's influenced many companies. But does it actually work? Or does it cause more harm than good? Find out in this blog!
DMF in Your Gloves? Here’s what you want to know Education
DMF in Your Gloves? Here’s what you want to know

NIOSH has identified that DMF can cause serious health concerns to those exposed. If gloves are made with DMF, exposure can create acute and chronic/long-term health effects. Learn how to protect yourself and your employees.

CE glove ratings explained Education
CE glove ratings explained

Most safety gloves being sold today come with CE ratings to indicate levels of performance against various hazards. In this post, you'll learn what those codes mean, and how to tell whether or not a glove meets your needs.
How to Protect Your Team Without Overspending Education
How to Protect Your Team Without Overspending

Working with a limited budget for safety upgrades and equipment? Don't worry, you can still protect your workers effectively without overspending through a combination of personal safety habits, procedural changes, and smart spending.
Maximum Protection with Max Cut Education
Maximum Protection with Max Cut

There will be situations where regular cut protection simply isn't enough--jobs where regular gloves get ripped apart in a matter of hours. In those cases, you need gloves that offer the highest levels of cut resistance. Max Cut gloves from Mechanix Wear are exactly what you need.
GET YOUR PPE PROGRAM ON TRACK Education
GET YOUR PPE PROGRAM ON TRACK

Introducing the Mechanix Wear TRACK Program, the industry leading program for companies who value safety & performance. A Trial Research and Collaboration Kit (TRACK) includes free samples for trials, site assessments & detailed reports with recommendations.
The MX91 Lab: Proving Your Gloves REALLY Work Education
The MX91 Lab: Proving Your Gloves REALLY Work

How can you be sure your gloves work properly? Technology is put to the test at the MX91 lab. By using the latest material testing techniques and experienced design analysis, the MX91 facility uncovers the truth behind the marketing.
How Do Needlestick Gloves Actually Work? Education
How Do Needlestick Gloves Actually Work?

Needlestick gloves are vital protection for waste disposal workers, law enforcement, medical staff, and metal workers who face puncture hazards from sharp metal objects every single day. In this post, we go over the science behind what makes needlestick gloves work, and how to identify whether your gloves offer the proper protection.

Protecting Utilities Workers Education
Protecting Utilities Workers

Working in utilities can be quite dangerous. More dangerous, in fact, than mining, manufacturing, or construction. This increased risk means that companies have to take extra steps to ensure that their workers are adequately protected, which we will cover in this blog.
A Safety Manager’s Guide to Welding Education
A Safety Manager’s Guide to Welding

Welding is a high-risk job, and requires specialized protective equipment that can shield workers from thermal burns, electrical shock, and welder's flash. Preventive measures also need to be taken to minimize hazard risks. In this post, we learn which precautions to take and what equipment to adopt.