Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Useful Information About High Visibility Safety Products

By Bonnie Contreras


High visibility safety products ensure that people working in areas with low light or during the night get to be seen easily. The reason for this is so as to avoid accidents or injuries that can occur in such conditions because of poor visibility. These equipments are numerous to cater for various work conditions effectively.

Among the jobs that require this kind of wear include; road construction, traffic control, parking lot attendants, industrial jobs, emergency responses and many other occupations. Protective equipment for anyone working in this field is not an option but a must. The law under Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) also requires such people to use these equipment.

These products increase visibility through their reflective properties. This is because they have been made with highly reflective materials that when hit by light, it reflects back the light to the source hence making one visible. The equipments also have a retro reflective strip for the same purpose of increasing perceptibility. The strip is usually shinny silver or grey in color.

As to the color these protective equipment come in they include; lime green, yellow, red or orange. These colors are fluorescent so as to reflect back light. Not only is a person wearing safety clothing protecting himself from high speeding vehicles, but he is also protecting himself from being injured by another worker. Other than being used at night, these equipments are also used during the day as some work places have poor light daytime.

People should also know that these protective products have been grouped into three classes to differentiate places with very poor perceptibility from those that are not very poor in lighting. Class 1 equipments are utilized in conditions where the traffic is slow and employees can see incoming and outgoing vehicles. Therefore for them, the safety vests make them noticeable. As for class 2, the speed is high and or individuals may not see incoming traffic well.

Class 3 is the highest type and this one is worn in the darkest of conditions. It aims at providing visibility at the shortest of distance to ensure that motorists in high speed stop at an appropriate distance. The equipment here include; trousers, jackets and overalls in fluorescent color and with a band. Other than the clothing, other protective equipment include the following; LED beacons, strobes and flashers, warning flags, batons, reflective tape placed at the working area to indicate a working area.

Led lights are preferred most than the normal light because of the added reflective element in it. There are also collapsible cones normally seen on an area to cordon traffic from moving to certain areas. Even though these cones do not come in very bright colors, they ensure safety on the road for the users and also road contractors working.

Therefore the importance of high visibility safety products cannot be overemphasized. But persons should not use these items only when working in the poor visibility areas, other protective equipment such as the helmets, boots should also be utilized. Individuals should however ensure to purchase high quality materials.




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