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Fall protection is essential to anybody that works at height, including roofers, scaffolders, tree surgeons and window cleaners. Falls are responsible for a great number of serious injuries and deaths, which are preventable by using the correct harnesses and lanyards.

Wearing hard hats on construction sites is vital for safety, as the risk of head injury can be extremely high – even with all the necessary control measures in place. Therefore, it's crucial that everyone understands the requirements surrounding them, including the colour coding of hard hats. PPE requirements are covered by the Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 1992. These regulations now also cover hard hats on construction sites. However, the most recent hard hat colour coding system was introduced in 2017 by Build UK.

Safety glasses are an important part of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). In many workplaces, workers are required to wear safety glasses for certain tasks such as those involving fine particles, impact hazards, fumes, and similar dangers. You may wonder why they are so important if you have never had an eye injury yourself. The fact is that thousands of eye injuries occur at work in the UK each year. So why should you start wearing safety glasses? The following are a few of the reasons.

In which environments can workers potentially be more susceptible to some sort of damage to their ears? From 3 feet away, air compressors register 92 decibels. Working within 3 feet of an air compressor for less than 2 hours would cause hearing loss. Powered drills register 98 decibels, which would cause damage after 30 minutes. Powered saws can reach up to 110 decibels from 3 feet away and this could cause permanent hearing loss in under 2 minutes. A typical factory will often register at 100 decibels and that could start to cause damage in 15 minutes.

The main purpose behind wearing respiratory protection is to protect yourself against dangerous particles that could potentially cause cancer. Contact throughout decades may cause development of serious conditions. Filtering facepieces offer protection in three classes against aqueous oily aerosols, smoke, and fine particles during work. Their protective function conforms to the safety standard EN 149. This kind of facepiece is also known as particle-filtering half mask or fine particle mask and they are divided into the protection classes FFP1, FFP2 and FFP3.

The main purpose behind wearing respiratory protection is to protect yourself against dangerous particles that could potentially cause cancer. Contact throughout decades may cause development of serious conditions. Filtering facepieces offer protection in three classes against aqueous oily aerosols, smoke, and fine particles during work. Their protective function conforms to the safety standard EN 149. This kind of facepiece is also known as particle-filtering half mask or fine particle mask and they are divided into the protection classes FFP1, FFP2 and FFP3.

Many workers have to deal with hazardous substances and work in tough conditions. Their workwear have to be both safe for work and comfortable. Especially their work trousers need to be perfect for their kind of job. There are a variety of pants available at Total Workwear for workers who are involved in risky or messy work.

All safety footwear must meet the minimum safety standards are set out by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The current standard for Safety Footwear across Britain (BS) and Europe (EN) is BS EN ISO 20345:2022, which is identical to ISO 20345:2021. It supersedes BS EN ISO 20345:2011, which will be withdrawn on 31 March 2023. Despite EN ISO 20345:2022 being the most recent standard, most of our products are still only certified under EN ISO 20345:2011.

First of all, PPE stands for personal protective equipment. It's the term used for all kinds of equipment that acts as a barrier between a human and a health or safety risk. These risks could be anything from an infectious disease to a chemical, to falling from a height. As you can probably imagine, PPE equipment encompasses everything from gloves and masks to helmets, steel toe boots, high visibility clothing, and ear protection.