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When it comes to choosing personal protective equipment, it’s important to consider the type of hazard you’re exposed to. You’ll also need to think about what type of safety clothing or equipment will be most comfortable for you or your employees to wear.
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Arc Flash Clothing
Arc flash is a serious electrical hazard that can cause serious injury or death. What is Arc flash? It’s a dangerous effect that can occur when an electric current passes through the air from one conductor to another. If you work with or around electricity, it’s important to know what arc flash is and how to protect yourself from it.
Fire & Flame Retardant Workwear
Working with open flames, sparks, molten metals or extreme heat carries a high risk of causing devastating skin burns or eye damage.
At OHEAP Fire & Security, we offer a wide range of flame retardant workwear that meets or exceeds all of the requirements set out by the EN ISO 11612 standard.
Our FR clothing possesses the ability to withstand ignition or self-extinguish once set alight. Often manufactured using natural resources such as wool or cotton, many of our garments are inherently fire retardant meaning they will withstand multiple washes.
Implementing a full FR range, where there is a high risk or exposure to flames or fire, is the best way to protect those doing dangerous tasks within your organisation. FR clothing is a critical part of the protective workwear for anyone at risk from flame or fire.
High Visibility Clothing
First invented in the 1930s, and typically worn on the torso or arms, high visibility clothing is utilised in almost every industry. Often fluorescent and reflective, this material is designed to increase a person’s visibility in low light, low visibility or hazardous conditions.
Its ability to suit a multitude of industries has made high visibility extremely recognisable and a staple part of protective workwear. Predominantly manufactured using fluorescent bright colours (orange or yellow), these garments are easily identifiable during the day. The reflective element of high-visibility clothing allows the garment to reflect light back to its source. This means that if a car’s headlights hit you, you will be much more visible to the driver.
Certain industries require specific high visibility garments by law, such as rail or infrastructure construction. This ensures that people doing highly dangerous jobs, are as protected as possible.
Use The Correct Protective Workwear
Using the correct protective workwear is vital when you are protecting those in high risk roles. OHEAP have a huge range of both men’s and women’s protective and high visibility work clothing. We cater for any industry sectors and all environments.
When choosing the protective clothing for your workfirce, you should based your decision on the key features of each garment. Establish what risk the garment may need to protect against and make sure the clothing is suitable. Think about whether it will need to be reflective, flame retardent, non-conductive, waterproof, steel-toecapped, or lightweight.
This will help you to get the correct protective clothing first time, giving your staff confidence that tey are protected from harm.
Hazardous Environments
If you or your colleagues have to work in a hazardous environment, even for a short period of time, it is important to have PPE or protective workwear. This helps to prevent injuries and protect against the risks these environemts can bring.
In certain sectors such as construction, manufacturing and physical labour industries, the risk of injury is heightened, therefore the need for protective clothing is greater. Hazardous risks can include toxic waste, animal or human waste, chemical or industrial waste, chemicals, fuel such as petrol or deisel, and medical waste.
Protect your workers and colleages against the effects of hazardous risks with the correct standard protective workwear.
Features to suit any industry
Choosing the Right Uniform
To ensure your team have a uniform they can be proud of and protects them against potential risks why not visit our Safety Supplies Partner - Online Safety Supplies?
All their products are tested and designed to meet their EN or domestic standards (were applicable) and full data and test sheets are either available to download directly from their site or available on request.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Is Protective Workwear?
There are many different types of protective workwear, each designed for a specific purpose. Protective workwear is typically made from durable materials that can resist tearing or puncturing and is often brightly coloured or reflective to increase visibility.
It is important to choose the right type of protective workwear for the job at hand, as some jobs may require more protection than others. Wearing the wrong type of protective workwear increases the risk of injuries.
High-quality personalised workwear with optional logo embroidery. Our workwear range features arc protection, fire retardant, waterproof, thermal, high visibility and more.
Being workwear specialists, we understand the specific risks tied with the job role.
When shopping by industry, we can offer garments appropriate for rail workers (fettlers), electricians, mining, aerospace, automotive/transport, mechanics, welders, farming, pharmaceutical and education.
Where To Buy Workwear?
High-quality personalised workwear with optional embroidery and specifications including arc protection, fire retardant, waterproof, thermal, high visibility and more. You will find high-quality products from top brands and we guarantee highly competitive pricing.
We have a range of workwear from trusted brands; Beeswift, Castle Clothing, Future Garments, Himalayan, Iona, Pacific Handy Cutter, Portwest, Regatta, Safe-Guard, Supertouch and Vital ID.
Where To Get Branded Workwear?
The high-quality embroidery service that OHEAP Fire & Security offers its customers has earned us a 1st class reputation. Many people come back time after time with repeat orders, choosing to do business at this reliable company rather than going elsewhere!
We are experts in custom embroidery and will ensure your garments look great. Choose from shirts, sweaters or even hats for ensembles that will reflect you at your best!
Accreditations
We work with several third-party bodies to ensure we work to the highest industry standards.
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