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Anti-vibration gloves are certified under ISO 10819, which sets transmissibility limits proving a glove passes less vibration to the hand than bare skin. But they mainly damp high-frequency vibration and do little for the low frequencies that dominate breakers. This guide decodes the metrics, the HAVS risk, and a worked crew example.

Heat-resistant gloves must match the heat path — contact, convective, radiant, or molten-metal splash — and a glove strong against one can fail against another. This guide decodes ANSI/ISEA 105 contact-heat levels and the six EN 407 scores, maps materials to each path, and walks a worked example for foundry, welding, and kitchen tasks.

The A-code stamped on a cut glove tells you exactly how much blade force it survived, but only if you know how to read it. This guide decodes the ANSI/ISEA 105 A1 through A9 scale and its gram ranges, explains the TDM-100 test behind the numbers, contrasts it with the European EN 388 cut ratings, and maps each level to real tasks.

The EN 388 shield-and-numbers mark on a work glove encodes its mechanical protection, but only if you can read it. This guide decodes every position of the EN 388:2016 rating, abrasion, cut, tear, puncture, the ISO 13997 cut letter, and impact, explains why the cut number changed, and maps EN 388 to the ANSI/ISEA 105 scale.

No single glove material resists every chemical, and the wrong choice fails silently as the chemical permeates to the skin. This guide maps nitrile, neoprene, butyl, PVC, and Viton to the chemicals they resist, decodes ANSI/ISEA 105 permeation and breakthrough-time levels, and works a selection example from a Safety Data Sheet.