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Do I need to wear gloves when digging ditches manually?

No need.

When digging manually with a pickaxe, it is forbidden to wear gloves to avoid personal injury when tools are released, to prevent unnecessary injuries and to create a safe and good working environment.

Manual trenching: it is mostly suitable for water supply and drainage pipeline system with small pipe diameter, buried depth within 2m, narrow site, simple laying, easy manual digging and underground water level lower than the elevation of trench bottom.