Protective Clothing Topic Articles
Below is a list of articles that have been published on this topic.
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Industrial Protection [Sep 2009]
New International Standards for fire protective clothing
Welding Precautions [Jan 2009]
Risk to the health of workers must be minimal
This article looks at the safety aspects of different types of welding processes and assesses precautions to be taken. Welding necessitates careful risk assessment and the provision of good procedures, but it is not difficult to provide protection for welders that makes the job no more hazardous than any other workshop practice.
Protective Clothing [Oct 2008]
Current specifications and future considerations
The European Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Directives, published in 1989 and obligatory since the mid 1990s, have led to the development and use of a very wide range of European (EN) specifications for PPE.
Coming Clean [Apr 2008]
Breathability and disposable coveralls
Having worked in the manufacture and sale of disposable coveralls for over fifteen years I have seen many ideas, products and fabrics come and go in a market that has evolved considerably since the early days when, if the stories are true, a bright young technician in a lab somewhere spotted some high density polyethylene fibres bursting from a crack in a pipe and as a result went off and developed, eventually, the first disposable coveralls that became known popularly, despite the best efforts of the marketing men, as 'paper' overalls.
Manikin Assesses PPE [Jan 2008]
Protective clothing used in the explosive industry
Following an ignition in a fireworks production facility1, work was done to quantify the size, duration and thermal emissive power of fireballs produced when different quantities of a range of pyrotechnic compositions are ignited2. This study was subsequently followed by an equivalent investigation relating to propellants3.
Protective Workwear [Apr 2007]
Ways to CE marked products
The beginning of the 1990s, when the Council Directive 89/686/EEC on personal protective equipment (PPE) came into effect, there was a shift to make protective clothing true PPE. Since then protective clothing has grown to be the largest sector of the PPE market in Western Europe1. The new regulations and standards have bolstered this growth. Furthermore, increased emphasis on protecting people from occupational and leisure related hazards has necessitated the development of different and often more complex protective clothing.
Protective Clothing [Jan 2007]
Protective Clothing
Tests - their role in product certification
Protective Work Wear [Apr 2006]
Protective work wear for various end-users
Protective Clothing [Jan 2006]
Filtering devices for industrial workplaces
Don't Fall Down on Protection! [Jul 2005]
Personal fall protection systems and equipment
Interdisciplinary Expertise [Jan 2005]
Makes for the best in protective clothing
Protective clothing offers the wearer reliable protection against health risks and environmental effects which cannot be avoided in their line of work. These may include intense heat and flames, cold and wet, all types of mechanical and physical stresses, from cuts to spray from molten metal and sparks through to electricity and electrostatic charges, chemical substances and gases and poor weather and lighting conditions.
Protective Clothing [Jan 2004]
Interdisciplinary expertise is best
Protective Clothing for Industry [Oct 2002]
To try and cover all aspects of the modern field of protective clothing is an impossible task. Alex Gstettner discusses a couple of the newest innovations that have definite benefits for the industrial worker, both in safety and comfort.
Respiratory Protection for Industry [Oct 2002]
Industry can breathe easy with modern Respiratory Protection Equipment systems
Whilst circumstances will generally dictate which form of respiratory protective equipment (RPE) is most suitable to a particular application, recent technological advancements have meant that there is now much more of a choice within those parameters.
