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title: "Effective arm protection for the workplace | uvex"
url: "https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/arm-protection/"
description: "Arm protectors as part of PPE ✓ Smart materials such as SuperFabric® & Bamboo TwinFlex® ✓ High-quality stab and cut protection ▶ Buy now!"
date: 2025-02-05
modified: 2025-05-15
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# Effective arm protection for the workplace | uvex
Flexible arm protection in the workplace
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Safety gloves are one of the most important items of personal protective equipment (PPE). However, these gloves usually only go up to the wrists. They are complemented perfectly by **forearm protectors or protective arm sleeves**, which cover the arm up to the elbow or shoulder joint. The uvex range has the right **arm protection** for every work environment or activity.
When is **forearm protection** required?
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Personal protective equipment includes forearm protection, which takes the form of sleeves that cover the forearm or arm either from the wrist to the elbow or to the shoulder joint. Arm protection protects you against **electrical, mechanical, thermal and chemical hazards**. It is particularly necessary in warmer temperatures, when employees are wearing short-sleeved clothing and their arms are bare. The wearing of arm protection is also legally prescribed in the **DGUV (German Social Accident Insurance) regulations 112-195 and 112-202**.
### **Protective sleeves** for injury prevention
Our hands and arms are extremely important in our working life. We use them to operate machines or tools and carry out other activities, which means they can easily be injured. Falls are the number one cause of accidents at work in Germany. This is immediately followed by accidents during activities that are carried out by hand.
**These activities include:**
- working with hand tools
- handling chemicals
- manual handling of objects
- manual transport of objects
- manual operation of machines
**The most common occupational injuries to the hands and arms include:**
- cuts and stab wounds
- sprains, strains and broken bones
- burns and chemical burns
### **Provision** of arm protection by employers
According to the **German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV)**, employers must provide arm protection when required, following a **risk assessment** to determine the potential injury risks for employees in the relevant workplace. If it is not possible to eliminate the risks through technical or organisational measures, the employer is **obliged** to provide the employees with the necessary protective equipment to prevent injuries.
In addition, the employer must regularly **train employees in the correct use and handling of machines, chemicals, tools and personal protective equipment** and ensure they wear the PPE while at work. It is therefore **mandatory for employees to wear arm protection**.
**Properties of arm guards** for protection at work
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Different working environments, activities and tools or ancillary objects require different types of forearm protection in order to minimise the risk of injury at work.
### **Materials** used
To offer maximum protection, **robust and smart materials** are used to manufacture arm protectors. **Metal** forearm protectors, for example in the form of a fine metal ring mesh, are worn in butcher’s shops and other work environments in which sharp knives are used on a daily basis. Particularly robust **forearm cut protection** is also required when working with saws.
As an alternative to metal, intelligent fibre combinations such as steel, glass, HPPE, viscose and polyamide or SuperFabric® are used in the production of arm protection. They are lighter and more flexible than metal, making them comfortable to wear. At the same time, depending on the fibre combination, the various materials have tear-, cut- and puncture-resistant properties and can also protect against heat.
### **Length and shape** of the forearm protectors
Traditional forearm protectors **start at the wrist and end at the elbow**. However, there are various options to provide employees with even better protection for different activities. Some arm guards go as far as the **shoulder joint** – thus protecting both the forearm and the upper arm. Forearm protection can also be offered by an extended safety glove, which does not end at the wrist, as is usually the case, but is much longer.
Depending on the area of use, the arm protector can be tight or slightly looser fitting. Whatever the fit, it is important that it cannot slip. Many arm guards therefore have an **elastic cuff** at the wrist and at the upper end or a hook-and-loop fastener on the upper arm. A **thumb loop** also prevents the arm protector from slipping.
**High-quality arm protectors** by uvex
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Are you looking for reliable, CE-certified arm protection for your employees? At uvex you will find an extensive selection of **high-quality forearm protection** for different work activities.
### **uvex C500** forearm protector
The **uvex C500 forearm protector** has **cut protection level C** and is certified according to EN 388:2016 (2 X 4 X C). This arm protection sleeve is **very flexible and breathable** thanks to a blend of smart materials including **bamboo viscose, fibreglass, HPPE and polyamide** together with the patented **uvex Bamboo TwinFlex® Technology** and **uvex climazone**. This makes the C500 forearm protector suitable for a wide range of activities in the automotive, iron and steel industries, in assembly, sorting work and in the construction industry. This forearm protector also protects against contact heat up to 100°C in accordance with EN 407:2020 (X1XXXX) and is suitable for handling food.
### **uvex unidur sleeve C** and **C TL** forearm protector
This forearm protector by uvex is made of **HPPE, glass and polyamide**. It is certified according to EN 388:2016 (2 X 4 X C) and has **cut protection level C**, making it perfect for use in the automotive, metal and glass industries as well as for assembly and construction work. The unidur sleeves are very flexible and thin, for maximum wearer comfort. The forearm protector can be put on and taken off quickly and easily thanks to a **hook-and-loop fastener**. The **cuff** on the wrist prevents the protective sleeve from slipping. The **unidur C TL** model also has a **thumb loop (TL)** for an even better fit.
### The **HexArmor®** family
The models in our HexArmor® series offer particularly robust and high-quality forearm protection:
HexArmor® AG8TWHexArmor® AG10009SHex Armor® AS019S
This arm protector offers excellent protection against industrial stab wounds. An **elastane wrist insert** combines with a **thumb hole and snap fasteners** to ensure comfort and a reliable fit. The layered **SuperFabric®** material is extremely resistant to needlestick injuries and cuts. AG8TW is lightweight, cool and washable.
This washable forearm protector is around 23 centimetres long and offers reliable protection against stab wounds, punctures, abrasions and cuts in an industrial environment thanks to the smart **SuperFabric®** material, in which **tiny “guard plates”** are layered over one another to create a strong surface. AG10009S is breathable and washable.
The 48-centimetre long HexArmor® AS019S protective arm sleeve offers the necessary **all-round protection** in an industrial environment by covering your arm from the **wrist to the biceps**. The arm protector is CE 4X42F-certified and, thanks to the use of **SuperFabric®**, offers **cut protection level F**, while a **neoprene thumb loop** and a **sleeve clip** ensure excellent grip.
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