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Wear flame retardant work clothes safely

In some work environments, people are easily exposed to the harmful effects of open flames. In order to ensure work safety in these environments, some precautions must be taken. According to official statistics, in many catastrophic life-threatening events, fires account for up to 73%. Among the life-threatening wounded, burns are more serious in places where clothes are worn than in areas where skin is exposed. Among them, 1% of skin burns require 1.5 days of hospitalization, and an average of 19 days of hospitalization is required, which costs more than 18,000 US dollars per day. The entire hospitalization cost is between 200,000 and 700,000 US dollars, and in many cases it will exceed 1 million US dollars. This is an unacceptable loss for the wounded and the enterprise. Flame retardant work clothes came into being. While ensuring safety, the company's risks are reduced to a greater extent, so the safe wearing of flame-retardant work clothing is more important. Here we will introduce some small details of wearing flame retardant work clothes. You can pay more attention when using it.

 

 

1. Everyone may have such a habit. When wearing a shirt, the habit of ignoring the top button of the shirt has no effect on life and work. However, it is different when wearing flame-retardant work clothes. Buttons play a decisive role in protecting the wearer's skin. In order to ensure the normal protection of work clothes, you must fully press all buttons (including zippers) of the clothing, so as to reduce the possibility of danger.

 

2. In order to further protect the neck and chest area, please pay attention to the inner base of the clothing. In order to ensure portability and reduce costs, many manufacturers on the market also remove the internal base of the clothing in addition to their own limited process level, which greatly affects the flame retardant protection level of the clothing. And our flame-retardant work clothes have a flame-retardant base inside, which is also comfortable to wear, does not increase the volume, and restricts movement, providing higher safety protection for wearing. Of course, this also requires us to wear the flame-retardant base in the clothing, and wear it according to the rules.

 

3. I do not know if you have such a habit of dressing? When wearing casual clothes, often put the jacket outside the pants.

 

When wearing formal attire, tuck the shirt into your pants. The same is true for flame retardant work clothes. In order to reduce the possibility of more skin damage, the jacket should be tucked into the pants to maximize the protective performance of the clothing.

 

Finally, you should pay attention to the overall fit of the clothing. It should not be worn loose, but it should not be too snug or tight. The air layer between the skin and clothing can increase heat insulation and protection in an open flame environment, so choose clothing that is not too close to the body, as long as you can exercise comfortably.

 

Wearing the correct flame retardant work clothing can keep you away from some work hazards, especially for special industries, life is not a play, the choice of flame retardant clothing is very important, you can not only consider the cost, but also combine comfort and maintenance Factors such as requirements and protection levels are comprehensively considered.