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Posted By Descarte
Did the HSE produce a chart or spreadsheet showing chemicals and preferred / required glove types and relevant british standards. I've had a quick look but cant find it. Or maybe it was a system I have seen on a clients site.
Anyone able to shed any light on this? I know most suppliers would give you a list of thier products and suitable uses, but I was more looking for a british standards and generic glove type requirement for specific chemicals or hazards
ps I have http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg330.pdf but was looking for something more definitive, the PPE regs and http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg174.pdf
found a very old paper copy of HSE Bootle Getting the right protection which has tables showing first and second choices against a range of solvents - 35nd16-1 but cannot find anything online pointing to that
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Posted By Diane Thomason
I researched this a while back and I think the answer is no, the HSE don't have a chart currently in print.
There are plenty of resistance charts on the web - including the good link there from Sian.
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Posted By Martin Hartland
Looks like you need a copy of HSG 206 Chemical Resistant Gloves in The Workplace
Martin
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Posted By Jay Joshi
Ansell Edmont has an excellent guide.
http://www.ansell.be/ind...rial/index.cfm?chemical=!EN!0!0&lang=EN
Please note that you have no choice, but finally to refer to suppliers specification for the compatibility and breakthrough times as breakthrough times will be dependent on tests carried out.
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Posted By Chris Packham
CAUTION
You cannot use the manufacturers' published permeation breakthrough times as indicative of the actual performance you will achieve in practice. There are many factors that affect the performance of gloves as protection against chemicals and permeation is just one of them. One of them is that the standard test is specified at the wrong temperature, so the data generated bears no relationship to what will be obtained when a glove is worn. All this data does is allow you to select what is probably the most suitable glove for the task.
We did a study, jointly with Sunderland University, some years ago to test performance under actual working conditions. In one case, with the same glove and the same chemical (manufacturer's published permeation breakthrough time 36 minutes) the actual performance achieved varied from over 2 hours to around 5 minutes, depending upon the task. This was typical of the type of variaton that we found. (Unpublished study available on request)
This topic is fully covered in what is the definitive book on gloves and chemical protection: "Protective Gloves for Occupational Use" (2nd edition), Anders Boman, Tuula Estlander, Jan E Wahlberg, Howard I Maibach (eds.), published by CRC Press, ISBN 0-8493-1558-1. Chapter 18 (Practical Considerations When Selecting and Using Gloves for Chemical Protection in a Workplace) deals with this in considerable depth. (Vested interest! My daughter and I were responsible for this chapter!)
If you want more, feel free to contact me direct
Regards
Chris Packham
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