The challenge: "When it comes to staying safe we all depend on our personal protective equipment…over the past few years we have concentrated on different ways to improve safety within our facility…and one prime example of a successful change is proven in our glove program."

The solution

"Over the past several years our company has tried anything from a leather glove to a Kevlar® medium-weight glove to help reduce the number of accidents with our associates. At first we were a little leery to the high cost of the glove with Dyneema®, but quickly realized that gloves with Dyneema® were lasting an average of three days compared to the Kevlar® gloves which lasted only 5 to 6 hours ."

The result

"Over the past year our company went from spending an average of $125,000 per year on gloves down to spending approximately $60,000 a year using the gloves made of the Dyneema® product. On top of this reduction in cost we also saw a 90% decrease in hand lacerations which has dramatically reduced medical costs."

Mike Kissell

Director of Human Resources and Safety, Choice Fabricators, Inc