title: Cut performance levels and testing.
abstract: While the ISEA performance levels and general recommendations detailed above can help tp provide guidance when selecting hand protection products, the responsibility for testing products for specific end-user applications still rests with the end user. We can indicate, for example, that a medium-weight, uncoated Kevlar glove will typically have an ISEA cut rating of 3, but we cannot say the glove will provide the level of protection needed for the range of jobs on an automobile assembly line. Another Level 3 glove might be better suited to an application the require the worker to have an oil grip. As glove manufacturers, we know gloves. We do not know the details about every workplace. We therefore, must look to our customers to provide us the properties they need for hand protection products that will sufficiently protect their workers on the job.
authors.affiliation: Ansell Protective Products, USA.
authors.forename: Bill
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moreland
mesh_terms: D017575:Gloves, Protective; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health; D011481:Protective Clothing; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*