Gloves in the shop

I would like to be able to wear nitrile gloves just to keep my hands clean but after approx 10 seconds they start filling up with sweat so I dont.
The slippery feel of sweaty fingers in a glove feels appalling.
 
I get what you are saying, but the concept of no gloves is pretty well established. No matter how careful you are there will come an opportunity for your gloved hand to get caught by a machine tool an pull you in. That is different that a seat belt which is shown to statistically reduce injury. Earlier in the thread I commented on a guy who got cut by an industrial bandsaw. He was wearing gloves. He got pulled into the blade and cut his hand off. I have been cut by my bandsaw (just two fingers.) Thank God I was not wearing gloves.
Having said that, I think gloves are essential for some tools. Angle grinders and torches come to mind. The bottom line is I think you need to be aware of the risks and evaluate each unique situation rather than always wear gloves.
I hope I am not being too argumentative.
R

Don't see it as argumentative at all. I wear Mechanix Wear gloves when working with most things. When the screws get below number 10 size its a bit difficult and they come off.
 
I did sheet metal work for a while, as well as other construction. It is hard to break that habit of wearing gloves. I learned from a minor woodworking accident, where my fingers were no closer than 3-4" from the table saw blade, but got pulled in when the long piece I was retrieving suddenly shifted (and Archimedes won that round), that you don't put anything anywhere near the tool that you don't want to lose. Sacrificial tools only. Fortunately I escaped with just a couple stitches as I only caught the side of the teeth with the tip of one finger. I've always been "Mr Safety", but that one took me by surprise. And I was working later than I should have. I now have a 9 PM power tool curfew for that reason. I can only operate the broom after that.

Quite recently a woman was killed at a local grocery store when she got pulled into the commercial mixer in the bakery. I never heard exactly how it happened, but I'm confident that at some point someone made some poor safety choices, either in policies or in whether or not to follow policies.
 
Quite recently a woman was killed at a local grocery store when she got pulled into the commercial mixer in the bakery. I never heard exactly how it happened, but I'm confident that at some point someone made some poor safety choices, either in policies or in whether or not to follow policies.

i know of a more than a few instances that had sadly similar results in the processing houses as well as grocery stores.
i seen some stuff over the years- i wish i didn't.
here's a sanitized version of one incident.
i was called off hours by a fire department asking me how to reverse the motor's direction for a small meat grinder.
a young worker's hand was stuck in it.
i was the closest guy...
fortunately the doctors saved the hand, but not all the digits made it.
 
Reading the story just broke my heart. Just imagining her surprise and painful death, the shock her coworkers and employers and especially family must have felt learning that she died working at the grocery store. The torque on those machines is nothing to mess around with, but most people have no idea how scary it can be.

Here's one report about it: https://www.ksl.com/?sid=38382910&nid=148
 
We have a love for our toys in the shop. BUT, there must be an understanding, that this love can hurt you! Please please be careful.
 
I think it all depends on the situation. Our safety guy said although gloves were customary on the oil rigs, never wear gloves when logging on a rig in Siberia. The cables are always frayed, and they are unguarded, and a gloved hand will be caught and end up dragging the wearer into the wheel. I look around rigs in the US, and everybody is wearing gloves. The safety guy said you will get your hands cut up real bad in Siberia, but don't wear the gloves.
 
No gloves are ever used in my shop, except for occasionally hauling wood to or from the truck. If you don't want to get dirty, find another creative, satisfying hobby like quilting...
I find it remarkable how many people make the assumption that gloves are only for keeping your hands clean. First of all, that's only true if you are very careful to actually keep your hands clean, and never put the gloves on when your hands are dirty or you will get dirty every time you put them on. But more importantly they are usually for safety, not cleanliness. (Even in medical use they are for health and safety, keeping everything else clean more than about keeping hands clean, though obviously that is also a benefit.) Just because they are not advisable around machinery with exposed moving parts doesn't mean they don't have substantial use as PPE.

I just don't understand mocking someone for wearing gloves.
 
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