Tuesday, August 5, 2014

What You Should Know About High Visibility Safety Products

By Annabelle Holman


Construction workers and individuals working in hazardous situations are required to wear some sort of high visibility clothing or there can be a situation where such work is being carried out and you need to post high visibility signs to make others aware. High visibility safety products feature bright colours or some reflective materials in order to make them stand out and visible even from long distances.

Whether it is broad daylight or night time the bright fluorescent colours including yellow, green and orange make the wearer highly visible for everyone else. The reflection is so bright that anyone can see it very easily and this is the main purpose of such products as well to ensure others can see you even if the conditions or weather in unfavourable for vision.

Construction workers and road workers are used to wear such clothing items as their nature of work is of such sort. It is not safe at all to go near machinery or other things that can cause hazard without wearing such clothing. In many circumstances, it is a legal requirement to wear or post such signs so that the safety of the workers and other people is guaranteed all the times.

Safety vests are the most commonly worn item in this respect. Sometimes it is worn as a legal requirement whereas in some cases people wear it just to be cautious. When working in hazardous situations it is important to ensure everyone is safe and on that basis, there are different grades gives to these vests. Class 1 vest is the basic one and it has the lowest visibility and usually worn by cyclists and used in other casual situations.

Then Class 2 vests are regarded as intermediate in terms of visibility and should be worn by individuals working near heavy machinery, road works or near moderate level of fast traffic on the road. The third and the most highest degree of visibility clothing is graded as Class 3 and they should be worn by individuals who are involved in road works during extreme weather conditions and during all the night time activities that are done near heavy traffic.

Besides buying the right sort of visibility product, it is also essential to make sure that you purchase good quality materials only. This is because high quality ensures durability and the product does not wear out easily. Whereas if you purchase cheap material, it will not last for a long time and you will have to buy the same thing again and again.

You should bear this in mind that high quality does not imply that it should be expensive in terms of price. There are items available out there that bear good quality but at the same time they are priced reasonably well and fall within your budget.

Do your research properly before buying anything. You must exactly know what you have to get and what are the legal requirements regarding the type of safety product you must have. Different occupations and different situations require you to wear distinctive sort of safety clothing and you should keep all the legal requirement in check so that you get the right product for yourself.




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