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HexArmor PPE Technical Blog

Field notes on safety helmet selection, ANSI Z87.1 eyewear language, cut resistant glove standards, product trials and PPE program documentation.

Posted 2026-08-27 by Maeve Callahan

I Bought the Cheapest PPE for Two Years. It Cost My Company $14,000.

An office administrator's account of two years of bargain PPE buying—cheap cut-resistant gloves, hard hat accessories that fell apart, and budget safety vests that didn't last. The real cost of choosing price over value, and the side-by-side comparison with HexArmor work gloves that changed the math.

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