Personal protection equipment

Put a safe foot forward

24 August, 2011 by Nicolas Gronier, Product Manager, KingGee | Supplied by: KingGee

Smelly painful feet, skin rashes, ingrown toe nails, hammer toes and postural deformities are just a few of the many problems experienced by tradesmen wearing uncomfortable or ill-fitting boots on the job site. What most tradesmen don’t realise is that by not wearing safe and supportive work boots, they are not only jeopardising their safety when at work but also the longevity of their careers.


DuPont Tychem ThermoPro triple-hazard single-layer protective suit

17 August, 2011 | Supplied by: DuPont Australia Pty Ltd

The Tychem ThermoPro single-layer suit can be used as triple-hazard protective clothing by emergency responders and industrial workers.


Steel Blue Lifestyle footwear range

02 August, 2011 | Supplied by: Steel Blue

The Lifestyle range has been specifically designed for users who require comfortable, durable and safe footwear with the added benefits of sleek design and flexibility.


New ISO standard improves protective clothing for agricultural farmers and workers using pesticides

01 August, 2011

The new ISO 27065:2011, 'Protective clothing - performance requirements for protective clothing worn by operators applying liquid pesticides', addresses the protection of farmers and workers mainly during the application phase of handling pesticides, i.e. the work phase where most operator contamination occurs.


Pryme thermal headgear

28 July, 2011 | Supplied by: Pryme Australia Pty Ltd

Pryme has added Ergodyne’s N-Ferno Balaclava range to its collection of thermal work gear, by . The headgear covers the entire face and leaves openings for the eyes. It is increasingly being used by industrial workers to stay warm and insulated.


King Gee work boots

28 July, 2011 | Supplied by: KingGee

King Gee has revamped its line of work boots after detecting Australian tradies were experiencing pain and discomfort from safety footwear.


Sperian Porta Stream II eyewash station

28 July, 2011 | Supplied by: Honeywell Industrial Safety

Sperian Porta Stream II is an emergency eyewash station that offers portability and 15 min of uninterrupted flushing - without costly plumbing.


Sperian eyewash solution

28 July, 2011 | Supplied by: Honeywell Industrial Safety

Sperian’s personal eyewash solution is available in a 473 or a 946 mL bottle, as well as a single wall-mount station or double wall-mount station for the 946 mL bottle.


Applied Infrared Sensing Tavor collision avoidance technology

28 July, 2011 | Supplied by: Applied Infrared Sensing

Tavor, collision avoidance technology, can be easily installed on heavy machinery and is created to work reliably in harsh operating conditions including strong shock and vibration, high temperature, rain and dust. Originally designed for military armoured vehicles, the system, manufactured by Opgal (Israel), is based on thermal imaging technology.


Narva emergency warning lamp

28 July, 2011 | Supplied by: Brown & Watson International

Narva’s latest LED strobe/rotator emergency warning lamp features just two flash patterns, making it suitable for applications requiring either a strobe or a rotator flash pattern.


Exair air knife systems

28 July, 2011 | Supplied by: Compressed Air Australia Pty Ltd

Exair’s family of air knives (super air knife, standard air knife, and full-flow air knife) has met the rigorous safety, health and environmental standards of the European Union in order to attain the CE mark.


Sperian Fendall Pure Flow 1000 eyewash station

28 July, 2011 | Supplied by: Honeywell Industrial Safety

The Sperian Fendall Pure Flow 1000 emergency eyewash station delivers a contaminant-free and physiologically correct saline solution from factory-sealed cartridges. The system is self-contained and does not require any plumbing.


Oliver Footwear Kings safety and industrial footwear

28 July, 2011 | Supplied by: Oliver Footwear

The Kings range of footwear is the entry-level or mass market range of safety and industrial footwear created for the Australian market.


BOC Umatta safety goggle

28 July, 2011 | Supplied by: BOC Limited

BOC’s Umatta safety goggle offers wraparound protection without compromising the panoramic vision of its user through the use of a blue nylon elastic strap and a soft, flexible PVC frame.


Uvex pheos safety spectacles

28 July, 2011 | Supplied by: UVEX SAFETY AUSTRALIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

Uvex pheos spectacles are suitable for all medium energy impact industrial environments including food manufacturing, light and precision engineering, laboratory work, indoor and outdoor work such as construction, maintenance and utilities. The core component is the duo-spherical lens, which not only offers a wide field of vision but is highly scratch-resistant on the outside and permanently antifog on the inside. Unlike standard safety lenses, the uvex pheos has additional curvature at the upper edge of the lens to offer an integral brow guard and the wraparound design gives additional front and side coverage. The duo-spherical lens has an optical axis that has been precisely calculated to ensure optimum wearer vision.


  • All content Copyright © 2024 Westwick-Farrow Pty Ltd