Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is a standard that has been created to help protect employees from potentially hazardous working environments. PPE is vital for most lines of work as it is the last line of defence again illness or injury, the manufacturing industry is one that perhaps benefits more than most from PPE.

 

Here at Bodyguard Workwear we understand the complexity and competitiveness of the PPE game, so when it’s time to kit out your workforce with the right equipment and clothing it can become stressful. Trying to maintain quality whilst keeping costs low can be challenging, especially for those in the manufacturing sector as their are a number of different items that you may require.

 

The PPE that you require will vary depending on a number of different factors including the environment you work in, the time of the day that you work and the tools/equipment you use. However, regardless of your specific job role, there will be standards of quality and performance that your clothing must require, these items of clothing are likely to be your hard hat, hi-vis clothing and safety footwear. PPE for manufacturers does NOT include garments such as standard work clothing that does not offer added protection and PPE does NOT cover any equipment whilst it is being transported to and from work.

 

Since the introduction of PPE and the necessity for most employees to wear the correct, protective clothing, injuries within the manufacturing sector continue to decline. Despite this some injuries will still occur with 84% of employees who receive a head injury not wearing the correct safety helmet emphasising the huge importance that PPE has on the workplace. If that wasn’t enough, wearing protective gloves when necessary reduces risk of injury by 60% and 99% of ALL hearing injuries are preventable if the correct hearing PPE is used.

 

So now you know the importance of PPE you’ll be glad to know that here at Bodyguard Workwear we stock a vast range of traditional workwear clothing and PPE workwear.

 

Our range includes head protection, eye protection, ear protection and we also have a wide variety of hi-vis garments that offer protection in a number of different job roles.