In order to maintain proper control over a vibrating power tool and to achieve desired productivity, a tool operator must apply repetitive feed and grip forces. Studies have shown that a forceful hand-tool coupling may increase the transmission of vibration from a tool to the hand-arm system. The current international standard for assessing hand-arm vibration does not consider the hand coupling force. This is partially due to the lack of a practical and affordable hand force measurement method. While instrumented tool handles can be used to measure hand forces during work tasks, there are difficulties associated with their use in field studies. Tool handle instrumentation may not be robust enough to withstand harsh work environments. Moreover, measurements obtained via instrumented tool handles may fail to deliver an accurate representation of actual work task forces. As an alternative, NIOSH researchers are studying a psychophysical technique known as force matching. As a part of this research, a pilot study was conducted to explore the influence of glove use on force matching accuracy. The study involved two types of antivibration gloves. The results of the study revealed no differences between glove types. The researchers found that while subjects tended to overestimate the forces applied during a simulated chipping hammer work task, the use of antivibration gloves significantly increased force matching accuracy.