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Article: Mid-weight solutions to flame-resistant apparel.(PPE)(Law overview)
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- Industrial Safety & Hygiene News
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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Earlier this year, the National Electric Safety Code regulated a standard policy for all electric utility workers to wear protective flame-resistant (FR) clothing on the job to protect against electric arc flashes and flash fires. However, for some workers, this new policy has put them in quite a sweat--physically.
FR workwear has the reputation of being too heavy, too hot, too stiff and just plain uncomfortable to work or move in--but this reputation especially holds true if a worker is wearing heavier FR garments during warmer seasons that are purposed for colder working seasons. So it's not surprising when these workers are fatigued from the weight of bending ...