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Impact Resistant Work Gloves
If you work with heavy tools or machinery on an oil rig or a construction site, impacts and blows to the hand are a regular hazard to be cautious of. As you look for the appropriate gear to help you accomplish your tasks, Magid can help you find impact gloves with the level of protection and features you need to work comfortably and safely on your jobsite.
What Are Impact Resistant Gloves?
Impact gloves are specially designed with a raised material that’s molded on top of the glove to provide impact protection and help prevent impact related injuries such as bumps, bruises to the knuckles, pinched fingers, severe bone fractures, or severed fingers. The material is often made of materials like thermoplastic rubber (TPR) or silicone, the latter of which is used on newer designs for specialty gloves.
How Do Impact Gloves Work?
This protection is designed to absorb and disperse impact force energy away from the bones and tissue in your hand through either:
- Increasing the distance between the impact and the hand via impact-absorbing material thickness
- The elasticity of the material smashing/ “giving” a bit to increase how long the impact lasts
What are the Different Levels of Impact Protection?
According to the ANSI/ISEA 138 standard, impact-absorbing materials are measured to determine how much force on average travels through the glove to a person’s hand. The amount of force dictates a rating of Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3, with a higher rating indicating a better level of protection.
- Level 1: ≤ 9kN (An average of 9 kilonewtons or less of force was allowed through the glove)
- Level 2: ≤ 6.5kN (An average of 6.5 kilonewtons or less of force was allowed through the glove)
- Level 3: ≤ 4kN (An average of 4 kilonewtons or less of force was allowed through the glove)
What Applications Benefit from Using Impact Gloves?
Any jobsite where you need to protect your hands from bump, pinch, and crush hazards is the most appropriate environment for impact gloves. As mentioned above, impact resistant gloves are most commonly used in construction and oil & gas industries, but other common jobs and applications where workers use impact resistant gloves include:
- Demolition
- Metal fabrication tasks like rolling, bending, or hammering
- Chemical distribution (i.e., moving large barrels of chemicals in a facility)
- Moving or assembling heavy materials like metals sheets or large barrels
- Machine maintenance
- Removing excess oil from molds
- General maintenance/other lighter-duty jobs (i.e., pulling electrical wire)
- Handling heavy chunks of concrete and other abrasive materials during construction, demolition, and teardown operations
- Handling rebar, especially when bending it, shaping it, or weaving it to pour concrete
The Latest in Impact Glove Designs
At Magid, we’re always thinking about how we can improve PPE design, function, and comfort. Magid’s latest impact work gloves are designed to move naturally with your hands, increase airflow with innovative shell constructions and materials, and improve dexterity through integrated flex points.
Magid’s impact resistant gloves (in addition to gloves from prominent safety manufacturers) fall into two general types based on application and protection:
- Lighter-Duty Impact Gloves: These lower-profile impact gloves deflect and absorb impact forces through a flexible construction, lighter weight, and strategically placed TPR. This combination helps reduce hand fatigue and impact injuries in light construction, maintenance, tool work, instrumentation and electrical work, assembly work, and other similar fields.
- Heavy Duty Impact Gloves: High-impact gloves feature a thicker construction to deflect and absorb impacts while protecting your hands on construction sites, oil rigs, and similar work environments
T-REX® Impact Gloves from Magid
Magid’s T-REX impact gloves enhance flexibility without reducing impact absorption or deflection and are lighter in weight than similar impact glove styles. Their advanced design gives you reliable impact protection using one of three systems:
- The M-Force Defense System® deflects and absorbs impacts along the back of your hand and fingertips
- The M-Flex Defense System® provides back-of-hand protection via ultra-flexible TPR and 130 integrated flex points
- The M-Power Defense System™ uses a honeycomb pattern to create thicker deflection points to improve dexterity and decrease hand fatigue compared to other Level 3 impact gloves. This design also has an integrated TPR ventilation system, which allows up to nine times more airflow to give you cooler, drier, and more comfortable hands.
We utilize these protection systems by adding them to one of our lightweight and durable glove shells to create impact gloves for specific conditions and uses. These gloves include our:
- T-REX Flex Series® of machine knit impact gloves that feature an ultra-flexible shell for superior dexterity
- T-REX Inferno Series®, offering extreme heat- and flame-resistant protection
- T-REX Arctic Series®, with a thermal lining for added warmth in cold environments
- T-REX Rebel Series®, premium leather driver gloves with added impact protection
- T-REX Windstorm Series®, offering 60% more airflow than comparable impact gloves to help dissipate heat better
Explore Magid’s full line of impact resistant work gloves as well as impact gloves from prominent safety brands like Mechanix Wear, MCR Safety, and HexArmor!
