slivers are just part of the job, or the hobby. My day job as a machinist now requires us to wear latex gloves during the Corona virus pandemic. I haven't had a sliver in my hand since I started wearing gloves. Both my wife and I had metal slivers in our feet today. Do latex socks exist? I'm just kidding about the socks.
Hummm........ For some reason I've been thinking about this post all day.
Do you know
why you haven't had any slivers since you started doing this Alex? Is it possible you have changed your behaviour at work, or are more conscious of processes with gloves on? The reason I ask is that lots of medical studies have shown that gloves do nothing to prevent sharp sticks. The reason why they are used in medical and first responder roles is that—
if you are stuck—the latex reduces the chance of contamination. In effect it wipes or "squeegees" the contaminate (blood, drug, etc.), off the sharp (needle, scalpel, etc.), before it pierces your skin. It doesn't do this fully (some studies say 66% better for single and 80% better for double gloves). But as most needles and other sharps can easily pierce latex, they shouldn't (in theory) offer
any protection from slivers.
I wonder if you are more conscious, careful, and perhaps aware of what's on your hands when you have gloves on, and that's what you've discovered. Good on you BTW, you may be on to something here.
P.S. I didn't look into the latex sock angle. I'm afraid what the search results may return if I type in that phrase
