In this article, industry insiders discuss advances in eye protection, how to prevent misuse and how to best communicate to workers the importance of eye safety.
With so much focus on health and safety at work, most people believe that workplace injuries and fatalities should now be a rare phenomenon, but that is not the case.
Australian underground mining is one of the harshest working environments that personal protection equipment (PPE) could possibly be exposed to. With a mixture of high moisture, salinity and products such as Amfo (a compound used in conjunction with explosives) which is used by "charge up crews" in nearly all underground mines, PPE equipment is put to the test.
A critical part of a safety manager's decision-making process about choosing cut-resistant gloves is understanding the level of protection each cut level provides.
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