The National Safety Council (NSC) says that for every dollar spent on safety, a company can save on workers' compensation, lost-time accidents and lower insurance premiums. One way to help maintain and increase safety over the long haul is by providing reflective safety clothing and reflective vests for your employees.
Visibility problems are the cause for many of the deaths and injuries that happen when workers get hit by vehicles or mobile equipment. Reflective safety clothing serves as a first line of defense to protect workers against being struck by a vehicle or piece of equipment operated by someone who otherwise would not be able to see them during the day or at night.
Reflective Safety Clothing is personal protective safety clothing that is intended to provide conspicuity [make the wearer more visible] during both daytime and nighttime usage, and that meets the Performance Class 2 or 3 requirements of American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/ International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) 107-2004.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has recently taken a greater interest in reflective clothing and the work situations in which it should be worn. There have been organizations that have already been cited under 29CFR 1910.132 for not having their workers wear reflective clothing or reflective safety vest that ensured their conspicuity and/or visibility. In the citations, OSHA named compliance with the ANSI/ISEA 107-2004 standard for high-visibility safety clothing as a method to ensure visibility of workers from all directions under adverse lighting conditions.
Nighttime construction has heightened the probability that workers will be struck by a motor vehicle. Crews working between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. are three times more likely to be hit by a moving vehicle and 25% of all fatal accidents occur during this time period.
When Should Reflective Safety Clothing Apparel Be Replaced?
High-visibility safety clothing should be replaced when it becomes faded, torn, dirty, soiled, worn, or defaced, or if it is not visible at 1,000 feet day or night.
The typical useful service life of high-visibility safety apparel depends on the type of work an individual performs while wearing the apparel. Apparel that is worn on a daily basis has a service life expectancy of approximately 6 months, although apparel that is not worn on a daily basis may have a useful service life of up to 3 years.
Reflective Clothing Colors
Workers need a color that will help to differentiate them and make them stand out more in their environment. Bright Lime/Safety Green garments may best differentiate workers from orange colored vehicles, signs, and construction barrels; Bright Orange/Safety Orange garments may best differentiate those who work in predominately green areas.
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All the time, workers in the electrical, utility, oil, gas, petrochemical and steel industries work in environments that may expose them to extreme hazards that could cause severe or fatal burn injuries. In the event of a momentary electric arc, flash fire or molten metal splash exposure, everyday non-flame resistant work clothes can ignite and will continue to burn even after the source of ignition has been removed. Untreated natural fabrics will continue to burn until the fabric is totally consumed and non-flame resistant synthetic fabrics will burn with melting and dripping causing severe contact burns to the skin. The only answer is Bulwark Flame Resistant Protective Apparel.
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