- Author
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Weidman, B. H.
- Title
- Effect of Safety Gloves on Simulated Work Tasks.
- Coporate
- Texas A&M Univ., College Station
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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gloves
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hand (anatomy)
- Abstract
- The increasing demand being placed on the human hand to function in new environments requires examination of how performance is affected by the required safety gloves. The objective in this research is to help determine which safety glove or glove types are best suited for particular work situations when there is a choice in the type of safety glove which will satisfy the safety requirements. The performance of ten subjects performing five simulated work tasks under five glove conditions is examined in this report. The five glove conditions consist of barehand and leather, terry cloth, neoprene, and PVC gloves. The five simulated work tasks invovle different types of tasks such as getting into a container, manipulating tubes and modules, working with screwdriver and wrench, replacing gaskets, and soldering. The time to perform the various tasks, errors, and subjective responses were gathered as data. The results of this research showed a considerable increase over bare hand, both in performance time and number of errors, for the leather, terry cloth, and PVC gloves. The neoprene glove and the bare hand condition resulted in similar performance tiems and errors.