BE SAFE
WITH APS
BE VISIBLE
According to HSE working guide, there are 3 classes of safety apparel. This time we will discuss in general about class 1 safety apparel.
What is class 1?
Class 1 safety apparel provides the lowest recognised coverage and good visibility. This class of safety apparel are designed for workers that are exposed in low impact areas.
Examples of environments:
- Where work backgrounds are not complex, allowing for optimal visibility
- Where traffic flow less than 40km/h and
- Where personnel are working at safe distance away from accident prone areas.
Examples of jobs:
- Parking service attendants or Workers directing vehicle operators to parking/ service locations
- delivery vehicle drivers
- Workers retrieving shopping carts in parking areas
- Sidewalk or roadside maintenance workers
- Workers in shipping or receiving operations
What is the requirement?
At class 1, Safety Apparel should have a minimum of 155 square inches of reflective tape. Dimensions of the reflective tape can be either 6.46 linear feet of 2 inch tape or 9.39 linear feet of 1 3/8 inch tape. The reflective stripes should be around the middle in a 360º stripe and above each shoulder. Vests should be either a safety yellow or safety orange color. Other options are possible, including a shirt made of non-high-visibility material, but with high-visibility or retroreflective stripes/bands.
GENERAL READING ON SAFETY TERMS
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