Anti-vibration gloves are specialised personal protective equipment designed to reduce the harsh mechanical vibrations generated by power tools and machinery. These devices play a crucial role in ...

Hands are critical for our lives and our work. The ability to grasp, hold and manipulate tools and objects with strength and dexterity is critical to our everyday lives and especially to our work. It ...

Hand-Arm Vibration (HAV) is an occupational vibration exposure that mainly affects people who regularly use all types of vibrating pneumatic, electric, hydraulic and gasoline-powered hand tools.

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – Army public health experts have created a new on-line resource for workplace vibration exposure measurements to help track any potential hazardous vibration exposures at ...

If workers are truly at risk from excessive vibration, steps can be taken to reduce or eliminate that risk altogether, including purchasing new tools that vibrate less and maintaining them to a high ...

Just about every construction worker who spends most of the day breaking, grinding, drilling or sawing knows that it is not easy on the hands. The risk of long-term injury that results from hand-arm ...

Whole-body vibration (WBV) is a common occupational risk for workers using heavy construction machinery such as bulldozers, tractors, and forklifts as well as transportation drivers of buses, trains, ...

The professional maritime sector recognizes the need to reduce the effects of Whole Body Vibration (WBV) but this is not a straightforward process for those operating planing craft. These vessels can ...