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Anti Vibration Gloves

Posted by Chris on April 4, 2019 at 5:52pm in Health and Safety

Hi all,

Has anybody on here come across any decent anti vibration gloves with padding in the fingers, the ones I use at the moment are the Cutter ones but they have only padding on the palms. 

Thanks

Chris

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    Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd April 4, 2019 at 7:24pm

    Probably not what you are after but it is always best to use the lowest vibrating tools possible to mittigate the risk from HAVS.

    Useful info here: https://www.stihl.com/vibrations-english.aspx

    Physical Agents Directive Vibration 2002/44/EC | STIHL
    The aim of the EU Directive 2002/44/EC "Vibrations" is to protect employees against the health hazards due to vibrations at the workplace.
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      Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd > Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd April 4, 2019 at 7:27pm

      Plus there is a very useful Excel spreadsheet which is downlaodable where you can put in your machines vibration values in and it calculates the time to reach the exposure action value as well as the tiome to reach the exposure limit value

       

    • Chris > Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd April 4, 2019 at 9:11pm

      Thanks for the Stihl link, I'm gradually moving onto the Ego cordless tools at the moment, I have the strimmer, hedge cutter and the long reach multi tool, but occasionally have to switch back to my Stihl petrol gear when the job requires it. My next purchace is going to be a Ego blower, just need to decide which one.

  • Andrew holt April 4, 2019 at 8:06pm

    i use portwest anti vibration gloves from amazon, there about 12 quid. they have padding right down the fingers, but i woukd like to try some more expensive ones, but dont wantbto buy so.e that turn out to be crap!

    • Chris > Andrew holt April 4, 2019 at 9:15pm

      Are the portwest gloves comfortable, they look a bit bulky. The same here I'm willing to pay for for a pair of anti vibration gloves that are up to the job and comfortable.

      • Andrew holt > Chris April 4, 2019 at 10:39pm

        Yeah there fine, I wear them all the time, I don’t find them bulky to wear tbh

        • Chris > Andrew holt April 5, 2019 at 4:33pm

           I'll give them a try, cheers

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