Handling protection

The Mapa Professionnel Handling Protection range provides the comfort and protection hands require to carry out awide variety of work. This range is divided into two distinct classes, helping you to choose the most appropriate type of protection for your specific application:

Gloves for precision work:
are recommended for applications that require protectionfrom mechanical hazards, without compromising dexterity.
Gloves for heavy-duty work:
meet the need for long-term protection associated with ahigh degree of mechanical resistance.

Choose your handling protection glove:

Gloves for precision work

Gloves for heavy-duty work

Performance levels

The performance level of a heavy-duty work glove corresponds to its ability to protect the user from knocks and shocks.

A thicker glove absorbs shocks better, and hence gives better protection. In addition, a thicker range is sturdier, and so gives longer-lasting protection.

To help you select the most appropriate gloves, we have categorised the heavy-duty work range into 3 levels of performance:

Light protection

Light protection

Light protection for applications in light aggressive environments (e.g. handling light, mildly abrasive objects in dry and reasonably clean environments)
Standard protection

Standard protection

Standard protection for applications in aggressive environments (e.g. handling moderately abrasive objects in oily or wet environments)
Long-lasting protection

Long-lasting protection

High-performance protection for applications in very aggressive environments (e.g. handling heavy, slippery or rough objects in oily or very dirty environments).

Comfort criteria

The comfort criteria chosen for this heavy duty range are the elasticity and flexibility of the glove.

A supple glove reduces hand fatigue; for long-term wear (8hrs) on a workstation where frequent opening / closing occurs, a more flexible glove is recommended.