Uses of Gloves to ensure protection of your hands in mining

Hand gloves are important part of mining uniforms and they are very important if you want to ensure protection for your hands.
Different types of hand gloves serves for different purposes as:

Cotton-Light duty material handling and  cleanup work
Leather-Equipment handling, general construction, heavy cleanup, welding, moderately hot or cold material handling
Shock absorbing -Operating rotary hammers and other vibrating equipment
Kevlar or Wire mesh-Work with sheet metal, glass, or heavy cutting.
Rubber, nitrile, neoprene, PVC, PVA and other synthetics-Chemical gloves must be chosen for the specific chemical being used
Insulated-Extreme high and low temperatures

But while using this mining work wear you should take proper care for cleaning and storing them and check them well before use.