Superior Glove

Superior Glove is a leading innovator and global supplier of safety gloves, sleeves, and complementary PPE that workers actually want to wear. Through their partnership with Wesco, Superior Glove delivers products designed to optimize protection, comfort, and compliance, addressing the needs of safety managers searching for effective solutions.

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Supplier Overview

Superior Glove’s innovative and ergonomic designs allow the maximum amount of protection into the most comfortable safety gloves and sleeves on the market. They develop and test their products at their Canadian headquarters, with production and distribution facilities spread across North America. They ensure a seamless and efficient supply chain, underscoring a commitment to quality and reliability.

Markets We Serve

Superior Glove offers specialized solutions that safeguard workers across every major industry.

In automotive manufacturing and assembly, exposure to operating equipment and heavy machinery increases the risk of injury. From high cut to puncture protection, the right glove will help protect against injury on the assembly line.

Boom and heavy machinery at a construction site.

In construction, hand injuries are common and often lead to lost production. Construction is second only to manufacturing for the most lost time for hand and finger injuries.

Beverage bottling manufacture plant factory.

Food-safe compliant gloves prevent contamination, offer cut and heat protection, plus have texture to ensure a steady grip on wet or oily surfaces.

In manufacturing and installation, common injuries are due to working with sheet metal, often leading to lost production.

Liquid metal being poured into a mold at a steel mill.

Injuries in steel mills are commonly caused by exposure to heat and hot surfaces from molten metal and billets, handling chemicals and solvents used in the smelting process, and mechanical hazards posed by operating equipment and machinery.

In mining, common injuries occur when working with variable rock, vibrating tools, large equipment, varying environmental conditions, chemicals, and explosives.

In the oil and gas industry, hand safety is a critical concern as workers are constantly exposed to various hazards such as heavy machinery, sharp objects, and flame. The risks in this sector are high, with hand injuries being a frequent occurrence due to the complex nature of tasks and the harsh working environments.

Common sawmill injuries are due to filing and changing saws, moving conveyors, splinters and crushes from handling lumber, and changing work environments.

No matter the welding type, TIG, MIG, or Stick, all gloves are tested and verified to meet ANSI/ISEA standards. Hazard protection ratings are communicated to ensure the correct glove is matched to the correct task.

Our Solutions

Superior Glove offers a comprehensive product line of hand and arm protection and complementary PPE against many hazards.

Cut, Puncture, and Abrasion Resistance
Impact, Crush, and Vibration Resistance
Electrical Safety
Chemical Safety
Protection from the Elements

Abrasion

Abrasion-resistant gloves offer maximum durability against scrapes and friction, which can degrade the material and present safety issues. Abrasion-resistant gloves range from ANSI Level 1 standards to Level 6 standards, the highest level.

Cut

There are four different types of cut protection gloves: Low, Moderate, High, and Extreme. Each type of glove supports specific purposes, ranging from light material handling to heavy metal stamping, and is represented by ANSI levels from A2 up to A9.

Puncture

Puncture-resistant gloves and sleeves prevent injuries caused by pointed objects penetrating the skin. There are two ANSI standards for puncture protection:

Hypodermic: protects against injuries from objects that can easily penetrate the skin, such as syringes, small fragments of glass, and other hazards. Protection applies to ANSI levels 4 and 5.
Probe: a probe puncture injury is blunt and can be as thick as a ballpoint pen. This includes injuries from objects such as nails, thick cables, and wood splinters. Protection applies to ANSI level 5 only.

Impact

Impact-resistant gloves protect hands against knocks, bumps, and pinches while preventing injuries ranging from bruises to broken bones. The levels of ANSI standards for impact protection range from maximum (Level 1) to low-impact (Level 3).

Crush

Crush-resistant gloves contain caps to protect fingertips from pinch and crush hazards.

Vibration

Vibration protection gloves have specially designed padding to help dampen vibration from tools and equipment. There is no ANSI standard testing, but these gloves use materials known to suppress vibration.

Arc Flash

Arc flash PPE protects against heat and burns caused by incidental exposure to high voltage flashover. The level of arc flash protection corresponds to the minimum calorie rating.

High Voltage

High voltage gloves, available in six different voltage class ratings (from Class 00 up to Class 4), are designed to protect workers against electrical hazards such as shocks and burns with two different protection layers: Rubber insulating gloves insulate hands to protect from shocks, and leather cover gloves protect the rubber insulating gloves from wear and damage.

In environments where ozone levels are high, additional resistance is essential. Rubber is susceptible to cracking and cutting, and overall glove integrity decreases when exposed to high ozone levels. Type I gloves are not ozone-resistant, while Type II gloves are.

Chemical Safety

Chemical gloves are made with materials that resist liquids, fluids, and chemical degradation. It is important to identify the chemical being handled and match it to the glove material that resists the chemical.

Cold

Cold protection products are extensively tested to maximize warmth and range of motion in winter conditions. Cold protection features are available in various other hazard protection lines, such as cut, impact, puncture, abrasion, heat, and arc flash.

Fire Resistance

Fire-resistant material is designed to protect workers from flash fire and electric arc hazards. Fire-resistant items are treated to resist flames or are made from inherently fire-resistant materials.

Heat

Heat-resistant gloves and sleeves protect against burn injuries when working with hot objects or surfaces. The level of heat-resistant gloves corresponds to the ANSI standards, from Level 1 (up to 80°C / 176°F) to Level 5 (up to 320°C / 608°F).

Water

Waterproof materials create a barrier to keep liquids out and prevent penetration. This allows workers to stay comfortable and dry in wet working conditions. Waterproof gloves can be paired with many other categories, such as extreme cold, chemical protection, food safety, and heat resistance.

Hand Safety Program

Superior Glove offers value-added resources and services to help companies create a safer workplace for all their workers like the free Hand Safety Program. The Hand Safety Program addresses gaps in all safety controls beyond PPE to help minimize hand injuries, reduce related injury costs, and boost productivity.

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Superior Glove believes that workers shouldn’t have to choose between comfort and safety. They innovate to fit the protection workers need into comfortable safety gloves and other PPE they’ll want to wear.

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