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How to Protect Your Knees in the Workplace- An Active Workwear Muse
- by Jack Durant
How to Protect Your Knees in the Workplace All too often overlooked until it’s too late, the knees are one of the most important body parts when it comes to conducting manual labour. Without optimally-functioning knees, those who conduct work in an active environment will struggle, and sometimes even have...
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Safety Boots Footwear - Which Do I Need?
- by Mike Johnson
Safety Boots Footwear - Which Do I Need?
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Superior Snickers Workwear Trousers for a Professional Performance
- by Jack Durant
Are you searching for high-quality workwear trousers?
Then you need look no further.
Stay Warm in the Workplace Over the Christmas Period with Active Workwear
- by Jack Durant
Sixty years ago, trying to keep warm while working on a building site entailed putting on a thick donkey-jacket supplied by the company, and a woolen balaclava, supplied by mum. Thickness equated to warmth, and within minutes of strenuous activity one could feel the perspiration trickling down inside your work...
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The Importance of High Visibility Clothing in the Workplace
- by Jack Durant
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The correct use of high visibility (HV) clothing is a relatively simple and inexpensive precaution to put into effect, but it plays a major role in maintaining safety and preventing accidents. Here, we review why HV clothing is important in the workplace. High-visibility clothing reduces the risk of accidents and...
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Safety Boots - Safety Boot Standards Explained
- by Jack Durant
Safety Boots - Safety Boot Standards Explained What are the new safety footwear standards? The EN ISO 20345:2022 standard for safety footwear was updated in 2022. This supersedes the previous 2011 update Changes have been made in a number of areas – ranging from the requirements that footwear must meet...
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PPE a Guide from the HSE
- by Jack Durant
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Why is Personal Protective Equipment important? By making the workplace safe which includes providing instructions, procedures, training and supervision to encourage people to work safely and responsibly. Even where engineering controls and safe systems of work have been applied, some hazards might remain. These include injuries to: the lungs, eg...
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PPE - What is PPE or Personal Protective Equipment?
- by Jack Durant
What is PPE? PPE is the term used to refer to any clothing worn in the workplace which protects or safeguards an individual from injury or infection. Different workplaces will require different types of PPE, for example steel-toe boots, helmets and high visibility clothing are required on a construction site,...
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