productIs your hard hat about to expire?
Safety helmets play a vital role in protecting personnel, yet many people are unaware that like most products they have a shelf life.Doug Woodbridge looks at how technology is beginning to address this issue
product
productProtection for hotheads
First to launch a safety helmet
to meet the high performance
standard EN14052, JSP is
now launching a new helmet
that can be used in high
radiated heat environments
exceeding 150°C while
conforming to the lateral
defo
productCap conforms
According to JSP, the first bump cap
to conform to EN812+A1 was its
HardCap A1+, which actually offers
protection greater than that required
by the standard it was designed to
meet. Behind the smart exterior is a
tough
productOh what a wondeful…welding helmet
Paul Savage, deputy chief welding
instructor at a leading provider of
services and technologies to power
utilities has given his approval to
the new Phantom range of
welding helmets and in
particular to the
‘Phantom XL
productCombined protection
Amongst the equipment highlighted on the JSP stand will be its combined eye and respiratory protection product; a disposable mask that folds flat; and a bump cap which generates its own positive air environment giving the wearer cool filtered air wherever they go.
productHands-free light
New from Ergodyne, the GloWear
8940 PowerCap baseball-style cap
uses four state-of-the art LEDs – two
in the brim for longer distance
lighting (up to 50ft) and two under
the brim for close-up tasks – to
provide safe, co
productStrong & light safety helmet
Reported to be the lightest industrial
safety helmet on the market at under
300g – 20% less than a standard safety
helmet – the EVOLite helmet from
JSP features a new versatile six point
harness suspension with easy to
productThrow some light on safety
Offering reflective specialist head
protection for individuals working in
dark environments, the EvoLite CR2
reflective safety helmet from JSP
features high-intensity reflective
material that conforms to Class R2
EN 128
productBump protection
New from Scott Safety, First Base 3,
the third generation of its Protector
First Base bump cap has
been designed for
those working in a
variety of head
bump-risk
occupations such as
manufacturing and
maintenance in t
productFor head bump-risk occupations
Developed for those working in a
variety of head bump-risk
occupations such as manufacturing
and maintenance in the aerospace
and automotive sectors, as well as
tradesmen, transportation and
logistics workers working in
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