Protective Work wear for Heating Industries
What’s a little heat, even if it’s over normal levels, you ask? How much harm can it have on you or your workers? Surely not too much? After all it’s only a wee tiny bit over normal right? Or it’s merely a small speck of ember; can it possibly do much harm? Wrong! In fact you could not be more so.
This is an extremely wrong assumption to make, especially if you plant requires your workers to work under high heat or sunny condition, or even direct fire. Heat has severe implications on an individual. Right from heat stroke to heat stress numerous ailments can strike in the heat. So if your line of business is such that your employees and workers spend long spans of time working in environments where the temperature level exceeds 75 degrees. This could be the case if your line of work requires workers to spend extended periods under strong sunlight, or if the work is in a facility where a lot of heat is generated or the work itself is very physically exhausting and stressful and leads to a lot of body heat generation. Working under environments where fire is ever present is even more hazardous and mandates special clothing. For this there is special Personal Protection Equipment (PPE).
Have you imagined how a firefighter works? Especially given that such a person, during action is continually exposed to direct heat from the fire. The kind of gear such professionals don are specially designed for their job. The fabric and other materials that go into making a fire fighter’s work wear are made with a lot of care and in a way that it serves the purpose. More often than not, each of the materials – be it the textile, or rubber – is tempered in such a manner that they can withstand tremendous levels of temperature before corroding, be flame retardant in most circumstances, and prevent the heat from transpiring into the inner layers of the garment, onto the wearer’s body. Such type of gear include scarves, coveralls, trousers, dungarees, hardhats, caps, hoods, jackets, shirts, coats, knitwear, lab clothes, vests, and high visibility jackets and coveralls.
These garments can well be made of cotton too! Just that fiber is treated in such a way that it acquires heat and flame retardant properties. Along with these special properties, most heat resistant gear is light weight and pale colored. Other types of heat resistant gear include gloves, helmets, boots, and eye wear.
However, do not be mistaken in thinking that only firemen require such gear. heat resistant gear is widely used in other industries too. Some of these include chefs and caterers, bar workers, beauticians, health professionals, construction workers, hauliers, built-environment professionals, mechanics, laboratory technicians, rail workers, and miners etc. Here are a few applications:
• Kitchens that are commercially operated. Kitchen chefs require jackets, trousers, skullcaps or scarves and aprons which are not only stain resistant but also heat and flame retardant. Such types of kitchens see a lot more activity than the ones at home. Besides, the members working in such kitchens are constantly exposed to flammable and heat-attracting substances like oil, alcohol, etc. As a result, such types of gear become mandatory for commercial kitchens.
• Electricity. Electric arcs may look tame and subtle, but they can spur huge and lethal fires. Hence, electrical linemen, utility workers, and others who work with high voltage equipment need to wear flame retardant and insulated gear for protection on a mandatory basis.
• Labs. Labs should always be treated as clean rooms that are waiting to erupt at any time. Though the danger is masked, it is everywhere! Right from the flame, to the acids, to the chemicals. All it takes is a small lapse in attention or carefulness to result in a fatal accident. Hence all practitioners in any kind of labs need to wear protective wear.
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