Statshield smocks are designed to be anti static, low tribo charging, and create a faraday cage around the torso and arms of the wearer to protect ESD susceptible items from ESD electrostatic fields generated by clothing on the operator's clothing. Statshield smocks incorporate a hip-to-cuff grounding feature which allows for hands-free grounding with no cord attached to the operator's wrist. This feature allows connection of a ground cord to a 4mm snap stud on the hip. A seam of carbon-suffused threads provides a secure and direct electrical connection from the snap stud on the hip to conductive elastic cuffs. Standard touch testing or continuous monitoring can be used to test the function.