Protect your arms from cuts, lacerations, and abrasions at work.
From heat resistance to ultra-lightweight materials, our cut resistant sleeves have all the features you need.
Wear them alongside cut resistant gloves for full-arm PPE in hazardous environments.
All our cut resistant sleeves are intended for use in the workplace and meet UK and EU safety standards, including EN 388.
Yes, cut resistant sleeves - also known as cut protection sleeves or cut resistant arm protectors - are classed as PPE.
They’re designed to protect your arms from sharp objects, rough surfaces, and other hazards.
A health and safety risk assessment will help you to work out what PPE you need in your workplace.
You should wear protective sleeves when there’s a risk of injury to your arms at work from hazards like cuts, burns, or chemicals.
For instance, cut resistant sleeves will protect your arms from cuts and lacerations, and should be worn when working with sharp objects or rough surfaces.
Meanwhile, heat resistant sleeves will protect your arms from burns, thermal injuries, and high temperatures, and should be worn when working with heat or flames.
Some arm protectors are both cut and heat resistant to provide dual protection.
Cut resistant sleeves are currently rated from Cut A to Cut F.
F provides the highest level of cut protection, while A provides the least.
These ratings follow the same standards as cut resistant gloves, based on the force required to cut through the material, ensuring your sleeves meet recognised PPE safety standards.
A health and safety risk assessment will help you to work out what level of protection you need.
For more detail, see our 'Safety Glove Standards and Cut Resistance Explained' blog.
Yes, in most work environments, cut resistant sleeves and cut resistant gloves should be worn together.
This is because combining the two will give you full arm and hand protection, as well as creating a more robust barrier against hazards.
The primary safety standard for cut resistant sleeves is EN 388.
This includes a cut resistance test, which rates cut resistant sleeves from A to F based on the level of protection they provide.
That said, other safety standards may also be relevant depending on the type of work you’re doing. For instance, sleeves that provide additional protection against thermal risks (like heat and fire) have to be evaluated against the safety standard EN 407.
For more detail, see our 'Safety Glove Standards and Cut Resistance Explained' blog.
