title: Electricity remains a serious workplace hazard.
abstract: Anyone who works in an industrial environment or is employed in the utility, mass transit, industrial goods manufacturing, or telecommunications industry - as well as many others - may be at risk for electrocution. Electric shock costs workers' lives and results in painful and debilitating injuries every year. Lockout/tagout procedures protect against electrocution, as do rubber insulating gloves, which must be worn any time workers are exposed to energized parts operating at 50 volts or higher. Some newer styles of rubber insulating gloves not only protect against electric shock, but also offer the dexterity and flexibility workers need for hours of comfortable wear.
authors.affiliation: Ansell Protective Products Inc., Iselin, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Proctor
authors.forename: Srin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuchibotla
mesh_terms: D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004869:Equipment Safety / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D017575:Gloves, Protective / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012449:Safety / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States; D014489:United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration / Q000592:standards; D017132:Workplace