Metal & Steel industry How Do Flame Resistant Fabrics Protect Wearers? How Do Flame Resistant Fabrics Protect Workers? Flame resistant (FR) fabrics used in industrial safety applications are materials designed to self-extinguish... Read more Industrial Safety industries Safety on the Line: What Kind of Protective Workwear a Lineman Needs Utility linemen have a dangerous job to do, and in order to make it home safe at the end of every day, they need the proper tools and protection to carry out... Read more Industrial Safety industries Not Just Shirts and Pants: Viewing FR as Safety Equipment At work or at home, clothes are clothes, right? But when what you’re wearing can mean the difference between life-altering injuries or walking away from a... Read more Industrial Safety industries 5 Tips for Improving Electrical Safety Awareness Although this year's National Electrical Safety Month is now behind us, electrical safety awareness is imperative all year long. The Electrical Safety... Read more Health & Safety Managers How to Wear Your FR Garments When a flash fire happens, you don’t have time to adjust your clothes—you always need to be wearing them as if a fire could happen at any moment to ensure... Read more Health & Safety Managers How to Mitigate the Risks of Combustible Dust For those who fully appreciate the danger of combustible dust, it’s the kind of workplace hazard that can keep you up at night. If you work anywhere that has... Read more Newsletter Receive the latest updates in your mail Wearing comfort 6 Ways to Improve FR Workwear Comfort Up until the last several years, the word "comfortable" was very unlikely to be associated with the FR garments most were familiar with. For too long, it was... Read more Wearing comfort Get the Perfect Fit: How to Conduct a Wear Trial When you're only as safe as you are comfortable, it's more important than ever to ensure your PPE garments fit perfectly. Ill fitting FR clothing can cause... Read more Wearing comfort Does Color Affect PPE Garment Comfort? This could be the shortest blog post ever: No, color does not affect comfort in PPE garments. Well, not technically. Conventional wisdom holds that you should... Read more Industrial Safety industries A Happy Team Is a Safe Team Good safety managers know the value of having a happy team—and the cost of an unhappy one. How can you consistently create a positive environment that fosters... Read more