Should high vis be banned? At least those made of nylon type material?

[ericmark]

Picture from an efixx video, should any construction worker likely to come into contact with live supplies and the resultant ionisation be wearing any man-made fibre clothes?

 

[SUNRAY]

View attachment 416310 Picture from an efixx video, should any construction worker likely to come into contact with live supplies and the resultant ionisation be wearing any man-made fibre clothes?

this has been asked very frequently and the cause of a number of injuries but I suspect any conclusions are based along the lines of the number of saves Vs the number problems.

 

[ericmark]

Fluorescent strips can be sown on to most materials, I remember being issued with a fluorescent tab in the building of Connah's Quay power station, which we all wore under our overalls, we were of course stopped, and questioned, and we said overalls as the name suggests go over all, and are to stop any loose clothing from getting caught in machinery, and health and safety required we wear them, and as long as they were prepared to issue a statement to the union to say overalls are no longer required, we would be happy to stop wearing them, as they are rather hot.

We were issued with overalls with fluorescent strips instead. Main material was cotton.