Anti impact ANSI/ISEA138 Level 3

ANSI/ISEA 138-2019

Level 3 impact-resistant gloves give your team the highest protection from heavy impacts and hazards that can cause crush, pinch, and caught-between injuries. But higher levels of impact protection tend to come at the expense of comfort. GRALOKY developed a breakthrough in high impact resistance with a one-of-a-kind impact defense system and design that can give your workers the highest degree of protection with unheard of levels of flexibility and comfort.

DECODING IMPACT GLOVES & ANSI/ISEA IMPACT LEVELS

What does it mean when a glove achieves Level 3 impact resistance? The ANSI/ISEA 138 Impact Glove standard test calculates the average amount of force a falling object delivers through a glove. After measuring how much force travels through to the hand, knuckle, fingers, and thumb, the lowest mean score determines the glove’s overall rating of Level 1, 2, or 3. Level 1 ratings allow an average of nine or less kilonewtons (kN) of force and can provide protection from minor bumps and bruise-causing hazards. Level 2 ratings allow an average of 6.5 kN of force or less for more serious hazards, and Level 3 ratings allow an average of 4 or less kN for protection from the most serious impacts.

To achieve impact resistance, safety manufacturers use an elastic polymer like Thermoplastic Rubber (TPR) on the back of the hand and tops of the fingers.

This polymer offers protection in two ways:

1. Its thickness creates more distance between the impact and the worker’s hand.
2. Its elasticity absorbs the impact by smashing or “giving” a bit.

In order to get to Level 3, it’s usually necessary to thicken traditional TPR designs, resulting in a stiffer, heavier glove that can trap heat and moisture on the hands. And while that provides workers the protection they need, it significantly contributes to hand fatigue and soreness by the end of the workday and can even make the job more difficult to do. To solve this problem, Magid engineered an incredible advancement in impact protection that gives you both solid protection and unmatched flexibility and comfort!