The only time consumer protection is worth any money to a lawyer is when he's got them dead to rights. Federal workplace standards can be cashed in on so much more lucratively, since the responsibilities to protect workers go way beyond the PPE manufacturer- employers are responsible. And you can imagine how much lawyers might prefer picking off and harvesting small undefended entities from a smorgasbord of legal accountability.
"Actual standards" only apply to an employer's legal requirement to protect their workers. Standards do not apply to consumers until the insult of cut corners becomes a public health concern. There are actual standards that are legally enforceable, and those start with NIOSH and are selectively enforced by OSHA. What the chinese manufacturer (and HF) don't care about is being sued, because a shrewd employer will only purchase and use gloves that meet standards accepted by the law. HF is not a contractor supply, they are a end user retail store. If a contractor needs to comply with a law, he'll go to Grainger and get the right stuff. And if the chinese manufacturer wants to measure their gloves at the thickest point of the middle finger tip and write that on the box, who is stopping them? No law means no standard, no standard means no enforcement, no enforcement means no control. Consumers are not entitled to such control in an economy of choice and the pursuit of the lowest price.
Sad state of affairs when non human entities have more rights than humans.
That's a good place to look, thanks.
The gloves stretch from the water weight. The test seems rather primitive in that no distinction is made for different size or style of glove though. I would think that a good test would be puncture resistance from sharp objects. There may be a specification for that.
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