Workplace Gloves — the Work Place PPE Shelf (MCR Safety)

What workplace gloves does this shelf actually hold?

Short answer: despite its broad name, this shelf currently holds exactly one thing — thirteen MCR Safety cut-resistant and coated work glove listings across the CutPro, Kodiak and Mustang lines, every one of them also a member of the full cut-resistant gloves shelf. For the other PPE categories, go to the real category shelves: head protection, eye protection and hearing protection. Cut-rating logic lives in A4 vs A5 and ranked picks in best cut-resistant gloves.

Editor's pick — MCR Safety CutPro line
ANSI/ISEA 105 cut-rated shells with nitrile-foam grips — the working default of this shelf’s three MCR lines. Read the full listing.

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The three MCR lines, compared

Every listing on this shelf

• MCR Safety 9277NFS CutPro A7 Hi-Vis NFT Gloves
• CutPro A5 Cut-Resistant Gloves
• MCR Safety 9278NFS CutPro A3 Nitrile Foam Gloves (listing currently unavailable)
• MCR Safety 9273SPUS CutPro A9 Sandy PU FDA-Accep
• MCR Safety 92721S CutPro A4 Polyurethane Gloves
• MCR Safety 9188SFBS CutPro A4 Kevlar Sandy Nitri
• MCR Safety 9277PUS CutPro A7 Hi-Vis PU Gloves
• MCR Safety K9697 Kodiak Insulated Sandy Latex Gl
• MCR Safety 92743LT CutPro A8 Crinkle Latex Cut-R
• MCR Safety 92752PUS CutPro A5 PU Coated Gloves
• MCR Safety MU3664KS Mustang HiDex Leather Driver
• MCR Safety MU3664KGWS Mustang HiDex Leather Gaun (listing currently unavailable)
• MCR Safety 92752S CutPro A5 Cut-Resistant Gloves

Honest shelf notes

Three things a buyer should know. First, every listing here is titled "Small" — the other sizes (M–2XL) exist as variants but currently carry placeholder records showing no price; confirm your size is orderable on the listing before planning a crew buy. Second, two listings (a CutPro A3 nitrile-foam and a Mustang HiDex gauntlet) are currently dead — no price, unavailable — and are marked below. Third, an earlier version of this page described head, eye, hearing, respiratory, foot and fall protection as if they lived here; none of them do, and that copy is gone.

How do shell and coating decide what a glove is for?

Every glove on this shelf is two decisions stacked: the shell fiber, which carries the cut rating, and the palm treatment, which carries the grip. CutPro shells are engineered knits whose grams-to-cut score sets the ANSI/ISEA 105 level printed on the cuff; the nitrile-foam dip on the palm is what lets that shell hold oily steel without regripping. Kodiak and Mustang trade knit shells for leather — grain leather spreads abrasion and heat across the palm the way foam cannot, which is why the gauntlet styles run long over the wrist for rough handling and demolition-adjacent work. Neither construction is better in the abstract: a leather palm on box-cutter work leaves the cut rating to chance, and a thin cut-rated knit on hot rough castings wears through in days. Match the shell to the blade hazard and the palm to the surface, in that order.

What does a defensible glove program look like?

Fit first: a glove a half-size large rolls at the fingertips and gets taken off exactly when it is needed, which is how most hand injuries on gloved crews actually happen. Then rotation — two pairs per worker minimum, swapped when damp, because a soaked knit loses grip long before it loses its rating. Then retirement on inspection rather than schedule: any cut, snag or thinned palm ends the rated life immediately, whatever the calendar says. The habit that ties it together is a thirty-second end-of-shift look at the palms — cheaper than any incident report, and the only way a stated ANSI level keeps meaning something months into service.

Getting size right when only one size is listed

Because these records surface the Small variant, measure before ordering rather than defaulting to what the title says: wrap a tape around the knuckles of the dominant hand, excluding the thumb, and match inches to the MCR size chart on the listing — roughly seven inches for Small through eleven for 2XL. Between sizes, knit CutPro shells favor sizing down for dexterity while leather Kodiak and Mustang styles favor sizing up, since leather packs out with wear where knits stretch. A crew order built from actual knuckle measurements beats a guessed size run every time — returns on PPE waste more program budget than the tape measure costs. Left-handed workers deserve one extra check: coated knits are ambidextrous in shell but wear on the working palm first, so a leftie’s pair retires on its own clock, not the crew’s. Track wear per worker rather than per box and the reorder cadence writes itself.

Our methodology

We pulled all thirteen live records, confirmed every one is an MCR Safety glove cross-listed on the cut-resistant shelf, and rewrote the page to describe the glove shelf this actually is rather than the multi-category hub it claimed to be. Hand-protection duties come from OSHA 29 CFR 1910.138, with cut ratings defined by ANSI/ISEA 105 and injury context from NIOSH. We do not lab-test gloves and hold no safety certification.

Why trust this page

WC Safety is an independent review site with no products of its own — nothing here is stocked, warehoused or shipped by us. Purchase links go to Amazon and earn an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you; no manufacturer pays for placement, which is why this page states plainly which listings do NOT document a standard instead of claiming blanket compliance.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this workplace gloves shelf include?

Thirteen MCR Safety work glove listings across the CutPro, Kodiak and Mustang lines — cut-resistant and coated gloves for general industrial work. It is a glove shelf, not a multi-category PPE hub.

How do I read a cut rating?

ANSI/ISEA 105 rates cut resistance A1–A9 from tested grams-to-cut; A3 suits general handling, A4–A5 sheet metal and glass. Each listing states its own level — the A4 vs A5 guide walks the tradeoff.

Why does every listing say Small?

The records are size-split imports: the Small variant carries the live price, while M–2XL variants currently show placeholder records with no price. Check your size on the listing before ordering — we flag this rather than pretend the whole range is orderable.

Are these gloves OSHA compliant?

OSHA 1910.138 requires appropriate hand protection for the hazard — it does not certify gloves. Compliance means matching the glove’s stated ANSI/ISEA 105 ratings to your hazard assessment.

Where is the rest of the PPE?

On the category shelves — head protection, eye protection, hearing protection and respiratory protection. This shelf covers hands.

Whose gloves are these?

All thirteen are MCR Safety — a single-vendor shelf. Multi-vendor depth lives on the full cut-resistant gloves collection (92 listings).

What is the difference between CutPro, Kodiak and Mustang?

CutPro is the cut-rated synthetic line, Kodiak the leather-palm duty line, Mustang the leather and HiDex gauntlet line. Match line to task: cut hazard, general duty, or rough handling.

Do coated gloves lose their rating when worn?

The cut rating belongs to the shell; once the shell shows cuts, snags or thin spots the rating is history. Rotate pairs and retire on inspection, not on schedule.

Can I wash MCR work gloves?

Model-specific — many synthetic shells tolerate mild wash cycles, leather does not. The listing’s care note governs; when in doubt, replace rather than degrade a rated shell.

Why are two listings marked dead?

They currently show no price and read unavailable. We mark them instead of hiding them — verify the live listing before specifying either for a crew.

Do these pair with other PPE?

Yes — gloves are the hand layer of a program built under OSHA’s PPE standards. Nothing about them conflicts with hard hats, eyewear or hearing protection worn simultaneously.

Will this shelf grow beyond gloves?

If the catalog re-rules it into a true multi-category hub we will rewrite this page again — until then it is documented as what it is: an MCR glove shelf.

Researched and written by Steven Eaton, editor of WC Safety. Steven holds no safety certification and does not test products; this page compares what manufacturers publish, with the gaps in that record marked. Last reviewed July 2026.