Table 6. Provision of gloves for dermal chemical exposure control: the percentage of workers within industry who reported gloves were provided and the percentages of workers within industry who reported they normally used each glove type Type of the percentage of workers** within each industry who reported they normally used each type of glove The percentage of workers* who said gloves were Industry∞ provided Disposable Rubber Reusable Disposable Cotton Disposable Reusable Riggers’ Surgical PVC Surgical gloves Leather gloves gloves nitrile nitrile gloves rubber latex Health & community 92 67 14 1 18 3 2 1 5 0.5 3 0.2 services Manufacturing 87 26 36 26 5 9 1 12 6 7 1 5 Agriculture, forestry & 86 23 34 20 3 14 1 5 2 10 1 1 fishing Accommodation, cafes & 80 56 46 0 5 7 2 2 0 5 0 0 restaurants Transport & storage 78 21 32 32 5 6 1 6 4 7 2 6 Wholesale & retail trade 77 44 38 8 1 8 0 1 4 1 1 3 Construction 73 20 33 39 2 15 1 7 1 5 1 4 Education 67 56 33 7 2 4 4 5 4 4 0 0 Mining# 100 27 54 45 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 18 Government administration 77 43 22 22 9 9 0 4 4 9 0 0 & defence# Cultural, recreational & 76 42 35 3 3 10 0 6 3 0 3 3 personal services# Property & business 71 49 32 16 3 13 3 5 0 3 0 0 services# Only industries in which 10 or more workers reported that gloves were provided are presented in this table ∞ * The denominator used in this calculation is the number of workers in the industry who reported they were exposed to chemicals ** The denominator used in this calculation is the number of workers in each industry who reported gloves were provided # Results are indicative only - caution required due to low denominator size (small numbers of workers who reported chemical exposure and reported gloves were provided)
Table 6. Provision of gloves for dermal chemical exposure control: the percentage of workers within industry who reported gloves were provided and the percentages of workers within industry who reported they normally used each glove type Industry∞ The percentage of workers* who said gloves were provided Type of the percentage of workers** within each industry who reported they normally used each type of glove Disposable latex Rubber gloves Leather gloves Surgical Reusable rubber Disposable Cotton gloves Disposable nitrile Reusable PVC Surgical nitrile Riggers’ gloves Health & community services 92 67 14 1 18 3 2 1 5 0.5 3 0.2 Manufacturing 87 26 36 26 5 9 1 12 6 7 1 5 Agriculture, forestry & fishing 86 23 34 20 3 14 1 5 2 10 1 1 Accommodation, cafes & restaurants 80 56 46 0 5 7 2 2 0 5 0 0 Transport & storage 78 21 32 32 5 6 1 6 4 7 2 6 Wholesale & retail trade 77 44 38 8 1 8 0 1 4 1 1 3 Construction 73 20 33 39 2 15 1 7 1 5 1 4 Education 67 56 33 7 2 4 4 5 4 4 0 0 Mining# 100 27 54 45 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 18 Government administration & defence# 77 43 22 22 9 9 0 4 4 9 0 0 Cultural, recreational & personal services# 76 42 35 3 3 10 0 6 3 0 3 3 Property & business services# 71 49 32 16 3 13 3 5 0 3 0 0 ∞ Only industries in which 10 or more workers reported that gloves were provided are presented in this table * The denominator used in this calculation is the number of workers in the industry who reported they were exposed to chemicals ** The denominator used in this calculation is the number of workers in each industry who reported gloves were provided # Results are indicative only - caution required due to low denominator size (small numbers of workers who reported chemical exposure and reported gloves were provided)
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