gloves on a lathe and mill - need citation

[vavet]

I can't find an OSHA regulation that prohibits gloves from being worn while operating a lathe or mill. I can't find any recommendations from anyone else that says you should. I can only find strong recommendations against wearing gloves.
I'm hoping to find something from OSHA, a workplace watchdog type organization, a metalworking industry association, or even a metalworkers union that addresses this that is more than a recommendation.

Got anything?

 

[cvairwerks]

OSHA Standard 1910.138 is the stuff on gloves and usage.

Some reference guidence: https://legalbeagle.com/6814717-osha-grinding-regulations.html


Best practices; If it's rotating, then no gloves. If it's stopped and not going to be turning, then gloves are ok. Nothing different than wearing long sleeves, loose or floppy clothing, loose long hair, rings ect..

 

[dutchgray]

Thin well fitting nitrile or latex gloves may be acceptable as if they get caught they will disintegrate.

I prefer no gloves at all, but am just a hobby machinest, if it was your career you would need something to keep the cutting oils off your skin, but that could be a good hand wash and barrier cream system.

 

[RTM]

Here is a citation issued, citing employees wearing gloves

Citation 315175216/01001 | Occupational Safety and Health Administration osha.gov

Handbook, gloves around rotating machinery cited on pg 18


And a thread on PM with more information

OSHA regs for gloves while machining?

Our plant had a statement in the safety handbook that you do not wear gloves while operating rotating equipment. Something I was taught back in trade school 26 years ago. We have a new "Safety Manager" that changed the handbook without telling anyone and wants us to wear leather gloves while...

www.practicalmachinist.com

 

[oldmachinenut]

Google lathe accident, be forewarned it is horrible. I used to tell my students to check it out when we were going over safety rules.

 

[cvairwerks]

Thin well fitting nitrile or latex gloves may be acceptable as if they get caught they will disintegrate.

Think again....I've personally had a 5 mil nitrile glove get caught in a drill bit while manually rotating the chuck and bit. It took me cutting the glove with an x-acto knife to get my hand away from the bit.

 

[JradM]

Think again....I've personally had a 5 mil nitrile glove get caught in a drill bit while manually rotating the chuck and bit. It took me cutting the glove with an x-acto knife to get my hand away from the bit.

Those must be some excellent gloves! Might be a brand to recommend.

I wear nitrile gloves all the time around my "machinery". We're talking drill press, wood lathes, table saw, bandsaw, mitre saw, router table and all manner of power tools. Not suggesting cvairwerks is wrong - I could see a drill bit pulling and wrapping a glove finger tip. If it pulls evenly and doesn't tear the glove, I bet it could apply a pretty good amount of force.

I suppose wear those types of gloves as a calculated risk. If I'm working with wood or metal, I don't like slivers. Plus I have an allergy to oil and I'd be fighting a rash and cracked skin in hurry if I didn't wear gloves in my shop. So far in my experience if your glove catches something, it usually just tears a hole.

 

[dutchgray]

Think again....I've personally had a 5 mil nitrile glove get caught in a drill bit while manually rotating the chuck and bit. It took me cutting the glove with an x-acto knife to get my hand away from the bit.

I did say May be acceptable.

I would take the view that if in doubt, no gloves, most rotating machinery is supposed to be guarded so you can't get your hands in it when it's running anyway, not that mist of us would use the guards on a drill or lathe.

I have one box of gloves that are so weak it can be difficult to get them on without tearing them.

It's a balance of risk, between the gloves getting caught and contact with oil or chemicals.

I would not wear anything while operating a manual lathe, I probably would operating a bridgeport mill as I don't put my hands even close to the spindle while it's running but you have a lot of tooling changes usually and there is a lot of nasty sharp chips generated.