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Hi,
Just wondering which type of hi vis you have gone for and why? I am reviewing the company PPE requirements and just thought I would ask the question.
Cheers,
JR
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Doesnt matter which colour the body of the clothing is, provided it complies with EN 471.
The key thing, is the clothing has a combination of retroreflective material and fluorescent materials.
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Unless you are working on the railways, colour is specific then.
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Yellow attracts insects, orange not as many.
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Orange
When new to working on a building site a fellow safey officer when questioned why use orange he took an orange vest ant a yellow one , placed them side by side and walked me back a hundred yards ... I'll let you figure which one stood out more
Badger
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Other than the advice already given, re railways etc, I think that the colour DOES (or at least could) matter. The colur of the PPE should be different from a predominant background colours. Therefore if you are using plant, vehicles etc that are for example redominantly orange then I suggest that the more approporiate colour for PPE would be yellow.
Although this isn't mentioned in the ACoP there is other HSE guidance to that effect
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Thank you Phil, I was about to make the same point. Orange hi-vis near orange plant equipment is counter productive.
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However, I work in the rail/construction industry where orange hi-vis is mandatory even when working with plant.
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RayRapp wrote:However, I work in the rail/construction industry where orange hi-vis is mandatory even when working with plant. I think other have made reference to that above as being a requirement when working on the railways, which i believe is due to the fact that a yellow hi-viz could be confused or mistaken for a green go signal? Phil
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If by railway, you also need to consider EN510 anti-entanglement. A standard orange vest is not suitable either, it must conform to GO/RT 3279.
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You could go for two-tone yellow and orange ones (subject to statutory requirements)
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For difficult members of the workforce you can get shocking-pink Hi-Viz.
A few days in that ought to sort out the men from the bois (!)
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PhilBeale wrote:RayRapp wrote:However, I work in the rail/construction industry where orange hi-vis is mandatory even when working with plant. I think other have made reference to that above as being a requirement when working on the railways, which i believe is due to the fact that a yellow hi-viz could be confused or mistaken for a green go signal? Phil Phil, On the railway yellow is CAUTION and NOT a safe condition which is green Badger
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Barrie(Badger)Etter wrote:PhilBeale wrote:RayRapp wrote:However, I work in the rail/construction industry where orange hi-vis is mandatory even when working with plant. I think other have made reference to that above as being a requirement when working on the railways, which i believe is due to the fact that a yellow hi-viz could be confused or mistaken for a green go signal? Phil Phil, On the railway yellow is CAUTION and NOT a safe condition which is green Badger Thanks for that badger but i would have thought a yellow hi-viz was very close to green or at least seen at a distance so that's why they use orange as it isn't remotely like green Lol. I personally think most hi-viz are closer to green than yellow or certainly not much difference in it. Phil
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In my experience of construction sites here in the ROI the convention its that yellow is the colour of hi-vis and orange is worn by the rigger/slinger/banksman to differentiate them from the general population.
Badger, I would be interested to know if the wearing of orange hi-vis on the railways is a convention too or is it written specifically? You have explained why it is used already (signals) but I was wondering if you mean flag type signals?
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Mick Noonan wrote: ............ I would be interested to know if the wearing of orange hi-vis on the railways is a convention too or is it written specifically? ........... Its a requirement laid down in the mandatory Railway Group Standard GO/RT3279 "High Visibility Clothing" You can Google it for the full text
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As an ex train driver I can confirm that orange hi-vis is mandatory in the rail industry. From a distance a small blob of yellow can look like a green signal and be mistaken for a signal showing the route ahead is clear. Indeed, netlon fencing must not be orange but blue or green because from a distance it can obscure anyone working on or about the track wearing orange hi-vis or leggings.
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