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Health, Safety & Environmental Bulletin No 365

04 July 2013

Recent Accidents Alert

Please see enclosed a self-explanatory alert that was shared with us by Aecom.

According to the latest HSE figures, there were 10,250 lacerations/open wounds in 2011/12, two of
which were fatal. It is therefore essential that you continue to carry out LMRA’s throughout the job
and identify any sharp edges or potential puncture hazards and suitably control them. Wearing
correctly rated gloves is part of the control measures, and our JSA’s all identify the minimum rating
glove that should be worn. Note the rating on the JSA’s is the minimum, and is subject to site specific
conditions, if your LMRA identifies additional hazards then the glove rating may need upgrading for
that site; always remember that the ratings are logarithmical, so a cut resistance of 2, for example offer
2.5 times more resistance than not wearing gloves, whereas level 5 offers 20 times more protection,
illustrated by way of the chart below which we support internally by using the glove checklist that we
launched in 2008, since which time we have worked more than 410,000 hours without a blade cut
injury:-

Test Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
Blade Cut 1.2 2.5 5.0 10.0 20.0

If you have any questions at all about glove ratings or suitability, please contact your line manager.

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