What is work clothes?
Safety work clothes are an example of personal protective equipment that people use to maintain their health. This type of clothing protects people from all kinds of possible dangers and reduces the percentage of their injuries to a significant extent. Note that not only one type of safety workwear is used for all types of jobs. Different jobs have different clothes according to the type of activity they do. Sometimes this difference is in the appearance and sewing type of work clothes, and sometimes in the quality of the chosen fabric and of course their resistance. Sometimes work clothes are used in different jobs to make people uniform. In some others, to identify professionals from different people and in the rest of the jobs, to create order among employees.
Features necessary for a suitable safety work clothing
The safety work clothes of each person should be the size and appropriate to his body.
Hanging all kinds of chains on them is strictly prohibited.
People whose jobs are related to machines. Therefore, no part of their safety work clothes should be torn or hanging.
For people who are working in environments with the risk of explosion or fire, it is strictly forbidden to use work clothes that are partially torn. is.
If some occupations require sleeves to be up during work, then their work clothes should be designed to be sleeveless. People who work in environments with a lot of dust, their clothes should not have pockets or open collars so that toxic substances do not accumulate inside them and cause poisoning. People whose jobs are related to acidic and radioactive materials should wear uniform and non-porous clothing with special hats, impermeable shoes and gloves. Work clothes should be prepared according to the work environment. For example, warm work clothes for cold regions and lined or cotton clothes for tropical regions.
Types of safety work clothing standards
EN ISO 20471 standard
This standard is suitable for work clothes that must be seen at night and reduces the risks of reduced visibility at night. HSE standard This standard is related to the material of the clothing, its sewing and processing, the design and color of the clothing, resistance to wrinkling or electricity and according to the seasonal climatic conditions. EN 342 standard This certificate is for work clothes that have high resistance in extreme cold and bad weather conditions and getting wet do not damage them and protect people in these conditions.EN 343 standard
This standard protects employees against wind, weather and all conditions. Clothing according to this standard should be suitable for people's body shape and the person should feel comfortable in it. EN ISO 11612 standard This standard is suitable for protecting people from heat or fire. EN ISO 11611 standard This standard is used for jobs such as welding or jobs where there is electric shock or sparks. Safety work clothes with this standard are resistant to sparks, electric shocks, minimal contact with fire, brief contact with electric cables, etc.EN ISO 15797 standard The EN ISO 15797 standard shows the resistance of clothes to industrial washing and drying. UV Standard 801 This standard also protects people from the harmful rays of the sun and is suitable for jobs where people spend most of their time in front of the sun and the sun rays have direct contact with their skin.
