Orange is the New Black...

... when it comes to ‘Handling’ Safety

In so many walks of life, hands and eyes work together. Think of sport, playing the piano, a surgeon performing an operation… Hands and eyes are a team. And that partnership is apparent in many workplaces where hazards are commonly present, such as poor lighting, machinery, and environments in which there are chemicals, grease, mud, and various types of dust.

In such workplaces, a worker’s access to high-visibility equipment plays an essential role in the mitigation of hazards, and the prevention of injuries and accidents. Workers must be able to clearly see where their hands are. And that means, Hi-Vis gloves are a must for every worker.

The Glove Company (TGC) was the first manufacturer to introduce Hi-Vis Orange Nitrile Disposable Gloves to Australia. The benefits of these gloves include:

• Workers can safely see what they are doing even in low light/visibility environments.
• The bright orange reinforces hand placement, ensuring hands can be kept out of harm’s way.
• The bright orange enhances the chance of finding gloves should they be misplaced, have fallen off or are torn off. This can be critically important in some environments where errant gloves may cause contamination of the workplace. For example, in machines or food.
• Easy to tell if the glove has become compromised due to contact with chemicals.
• The orange colour can be used as part of an internal system to designate risk levels, so safety managers can readily see if workers are wearing their Hi-Vis PPE.

“The TGC Hi-Vis Orange Nitrile Disposable Gloves provide a glowing contrast to blue, green, and dark gloves. Everything for the dark-glove worker becomes increasingly difficult when they don’t have the same hand awareness in their workplace. It just makes sense to wear a bright colour,” says Ben Kessey International Sales & Operations Manager at The Glove Company.

In Australia, orange has become one of the most popular and powerful colours used to help mitigate hazards. Is your business taking the right action to ensure your workers are safe? The Hi-Vis Nitrile Disposable Glove can help you and the overall wellbeing of your staff.

This article first appeared in the latest edition of Safety Spotlight. For more safety articles like this one, click below to checkout the online version of the magazine.