Clothing

[bighills]

Im looking into new clothing for spring. Usually my guys and I wear company T-shirts and jeans. Thinking about doing more of a uniform type since we mostly do service work. What does anyone use, reccomend, like or dislike ? Thanks...

 

[mtfallsmikey]

We use Cintas...good quality clothing, not sure if they are the cheapest or not.

 

[Volta]

Non-melting. Check out NFPA 70-E for a good list, or some threads from this site.

Cintas can provide FR uniforms for rental too.

 

[zog]

What PPE do you need?
Daily wear or coveralls?
What climate?
Rent/lease or buy?
Laundering? Who will do it, who will ensure it is done right?
What HRC's are you exposed to? (Voltage has little to do with it)
Any chemical exposure? That determines your material choice.
How dirty will they get, industrial or home laundering?
Any clean room requirements?
Does Made in USA matter?
Does it need to be union made?
Does price matter or do you want the best regardless of price?

All these questions and more need to be considered to get the right PPE, there are about 20 different materials out there, all with advantages and disadvantages.

However, 90% of these guys selling the PPE have no idea about the performance of the materials or the other choices, they just sell what they buy, and usually that means Indura Ultra Soft, which is a good material for alot of people. Anyone can make coveralls or flash suits out of these fabrics (Indura is made in Chicago by Westex for example), the features and quality of the PPE you buy varies greatly from one place to the other so you better do your homework.

 

[rodneee]

i highly reccomend uniforms...i would also avoid the uniform rental services as it turns into a part time job keeping track of things.

 

[Charlie Bob]

i'm a jeans and boots kind of guy.
I don't like maintenance type shirts, the ones with the your name on a tag on your chest, but that just me.
So for me is:
- t-shirts, i got them in yellow.
- long sleeve t-shirts, i got them in tennessee orange.
- hoodies, i got them in spot grey.

Everything's got my company logo on the back, and my name on the chest.

 

[WinZip]

I once used a logo on t-shirts that said ( Let us check your shorts ) got a lot of laughs from it to.

 

[bpk]

I seen some FR clothing made by Carharrt recently. Looked like just regualar blue jeans and long sleeve shirts, and pretty affordable. And that way if youre guys ever have an arc flash at least they will be wearing some protection.

 

[Charlie Bob]

I once used a logo on t-shirts that said ( Let us check your shorts ) got a lot of laughs from it to.

Why did you stop using it? Got married?

 

[jdsmith]

I seen some FR clothing made by Carharrt recently. Looked like just regualar blue jeans and long sleeve shirts, and pretty affordable. And that way if youre guys ever have an arc flash at least they will be wearing some protection.

The Carhartt FR clothing is decent, and it has the advantage that you can order it through your existing Carhartt workwear supplier if you don't want to deal with a uniform company where you are small potatoes compared to the large plants the uniform companies also service.

I'm in a refinery where I need to wear FR garments for flash fire protection and my electrical HRC requirement is level 1 or below. I wear the Carhartt FR jeans almost every day. My summer long sleeved shirts are Indura Ultrasoft from Workrite. In the winter I don't wear FR shirts because I always have an FR coat on when I'm outside in the plant. The GE field engineers we see have Carhartt FR shirts, pants, and coats and they have said they are as good as any other Carhartt non-FR garment.