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Independent Workwear Solutions Ltd - 0161 620 7900How Should You Clean Your Workwear?Personal protective equipment is designed and manufactured to ensure that wearers areprotected from the identified workplace risks at all times, significantly improving thesafety of workers in hazardous environments. However, in order for PPE to properly doits job, it’s essential that workwear is well maintained and looked after.But what exactly is the best way to wash and clean your workwear? We sat down withour expert manufacturing team to find out some of the most important do’s and don’ts forwashing clothing.Flame Retardant Clothing“The most important thing of all is to check the care labels oneach individual garment,” says our team. “This tells youeverything you need to know, including the best temperatureto wash at, and what products can and can’t be used on thematerial.” But what happens if a care label can’t be read orunderstood? “Generally, the best advice we can give is thegentler the better when it comes to PPE”.Hi Vis & Reflective ClothingReflective and high visibility clothing is important formaintaining visibility on the worksite, so any clothing thatfeatures reflective strips should be cared for carefully. One ofthe main concerns when washing this type of clothing is thatthe reflective strips can become damaged or streaked in themachine, reducing its impact.The trick to extending the life of reflective clothing is to washit inside out so that the strips are not in direct contact with theinside of the machine which can act as an abrasive during thewash cycle.Our expert tip: Use a liquid laundry detergent rather than apowder as powders can be abrasive against the material ifthey don’t dissolve properly, which can happen when washingat low temperatures.The good news is that inherently flame retardant clothing means that the protection can’tsimply wash out, but there are a number of products that can reduce the effect of thematerial, and even increase risk on the worksite. The primary culprit is bleach.Bleach is hugely effective at removing tough, stubborn stains but it’s very powerful andcan be very damaging, breaking down the fibres in the fabric. Flame retardant clothingshould be washed very gently, using a mild detergent and a low/medium setting.Any Technical Workwear Enquiries Please Ring 0161 620 7900Page36
Workwear Rental - Laundry - Dust Mats - Washroom Hygiene - Branding"Electric arc is a complex phenomenon"Arc flash incidents are one of the most deadly risks on theworksite, with arc flashes able to kill at distances of as little as10 feet. More than three quarters of those questioned in an arcflash mitigation survey said reducing the risk of arc flash was anessential consideration, yet only 67% of respondents statedthey had completed an analysis.Why?Perhaps a part of the problem is that there’s really no such thingas an ‘arc flash analysis’. Instead, this term has been created bycombining ‘incident energy analysis’ and ‘arc flash riskassessment’… so which one should you be focusing on? Both.Incident energy analysis should be an integral part of an arcflash risk assessment, and conducting this assessment issomething that all businesses working onsite with electricalequipment should be prioritising. Under the European CouncilDirective 89/391/EEC, all employers have a legal responsibilityto assess and identify the level of risk at work.So how do you conduct an arc flash risk assessment?There are two stages. The first stage covers the first 3 aspectsof the Health & Safety Executive’s 5-step plan for undertaking aworkplace risk assessment: identifying hazards, determiningwho is at risk and how, and considering the most effectiveprecautions. This stage involves examining your electricalequipment type and voltage to generate a minimum arc rating incalories/cm2 and the overall arc flash boundary.Conducting an arc flash risk assessment and calculating incidentenergy can take time, yet it’s one of the most effective ways tominimise risk and ensure that all workers fully understand the typeof personal protective equipment they should be wearing onsite.TEC WEAR forHIGH RISKEMPLOYEESARC ProtectionHI VisibilityChemicalSplash(Limited)FlameRetardantFlameRetardentAnti-StaticLimitedChemicalSplashMolten MetalFlameRetardantUnderGarmentsPage37
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