Baker Hughes Norway discovers the luxury of 'the right glove for the right application'
Workplace safety is a key issue at all the facilities of Baker Hughes, a leading provider of worldwide products and services for use in oil and gas wells, pipelines and refineries. When it comes to hand protection, the branch in Stavanger, Norway, has recently set a shining example. After an extensive glove audit, most operators switched to more comfortable Ansell gloves to guard against the particular hazards they're exposed to.

"Exposure to hazardous chemicals, as well as more commonly used liquids and substances, like offshore mud or grease, are frequent at our sites," explained HS&E Specialist Marta Teigland. "Hand protection was available, but there was frequent confusion about what gloves to wear for what application." That lack of insight, leading to wrong protection levels, and complaints about the discomfort of some gloves, made Baker Hughes call in the help of Ansell. The results of the GuardianSM consulting service were staggering: the 16 different gloves Baker Hughes had been using for years only offered a 79.8% fit with the requirements, while the glove package Ansell recommended promised a 96% fit.















Everyone is convinced
Today, workers at Baker Hughes Stavanger feel securely protected by the Touch N Tuff®, HyFlex® 11-801 and AlphaTec®, among other Ansell gloves. "People who had been working here for years, were rather skeptical about a change of gloves. But now that they've all experienced the superior comfort and protection levels of Ansell's gloves, tailored expressly to their application, everyone is convinced," Marta Teigland concluded.

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