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Necessity of Wearing Protective Clothing

Author: Kevin John Kevin John
by Kevin John Kevin John
Posted: Jul 21, 2016

Everyone should care about one’s safety whenever they are in their workplace. Statistics say that at least 78000 people get injured and 148 people die every year while working at their respective workplace. So, it is important to use protective clothing and headwear while working.

Nowadays, there are many safety equipment suppliers which think about the betterment and safety of the workers. Some of the protective apparels supplied by them are protective eyewear, high visibility flexoethane, disposable coveralls, protective headwear, footwear, gloves, etc. When one is at his workplace, one should usually wear safety rigger boots or shoes.Safety Supply Company offers variety of stylish and modern eyewear for protection. This eyewear protects workers from different kinds of hazards. The safety glasses have different types of lens and coatings as required by the workers. Even glasses are available to protect from harmful rays of sun. Apart from eyewear, they also provide face shields to protect face from fire or spark hazards.

Necessity of Using Respiratory Masks:

At many workplaces, one has to face poisonous gases, fumes and dirt. To protect oneself from these gases, one should use respiratory and dirt masks. Nowadays, many types of masks are available like full face masks, half face masks, disposable masks, etc. However, disposable masks are used mostly by people as it is much safer to use. The full and half masks are used for protecting oneself from chemicals, dust, particulate, solvent, etc.

Hearing protection products are used so that they can protect one’s ear. Also, they are easy to use and provide comfort to workers when they are exposed to high pitch sound. Some of the widely used hearing protection products are electronic ear defenders, corded earplugs, disposable earplugs, etc. However, one should keep oneself away from sounds more than 85 decibels as according to study, daily average exposure to sound should be less than 80 decibels.

Importance of Protective Gloves and Coveralls:

To protect one’s body, one should wear fire resistant coveralls and jackets. One can also use flexoethane garments to protect oneself from water hazard as flexoethane is permeable to water vapor. Therefore, one does not feel clammy. These garments are also resistant to fuel, diesel, oil derivatives, grease, etc. The companies, supplying safety equipment, usually have stocks of protective hand wear such as gauntlets, disposable gloves, etc. Some of the gloves also protect workers from sharp things like needles, broken glass, etc. Apart from all such, chemical protection gloves and thermal gloves are also available.

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