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STAYING SAFE IN LOW VISIBILITY OR HIGH TRAFFIC CONDITIONS
When to Choose Enhanced Visibility or High-Visibility Protective Gear
Working in the cold is hard enough. When you throw in low light, obstructions, fast moving traffic or a high amount of moving vehicles or machinery, your job gets doubly hazardous. When you need to stay warm, stay safe and still get the job done, insulated gear that also offers added visibility needs to be your go-to.
Skip the Mesh Vest
Why worry about built-in visibility features when HiVis mesh vests exist? Safety and durability, that's why.
Mesh HiVis vests are great for visitors or those that don’t spend a lot of time in areas where vests are needed. But flimsy mesh vests can be a hazard for workers that spend the entire shift in low-visibility or high-traffic areas. They can snag and tear. They are easily misplaced or forgotten.
When insulated gear and added visibility are needed, choosing durable gear that has that visibility built-in is the best option. It prevents snags, can’t be as easily misplaced or forgotten and often offers additional benefits to enhance productivity and safety.
The question is, then, do you need “high-visibility” or “enhanced visibility” gear?
High-Visibility Workwear
ANSI is the organization that governs standards for high-visibility and safety workwear and they use terminology to describe which class of workwear you need for a certain job. Whether your job requires Class 1, 2 or 3, we’ve got insulated high-visibility gear designed to those standards. We offer protective gear in both HiVis lime and HiVis orange colors. (Did you know? Choosing to outfit new employees in a different HiVis color than your standard can reduce accidents.)
Many of our HiVis products have the reflective tape heat bonded rather than sewn on. This removes a snag point and keeps the tape on longer. To stay safe from head to toe, choose our HiVis headwear and gloves to go with your HiVis insulated gear.
We also offer high-visibility workwear to meet CSA standards that require an X pattern on the back.
Enhanced Visibility Workwear
Don’t have a need for fully HiVis ANSI certified gear, but feel like a little extra visibility would do the trick? We offer Enhanced Visibility options that have added features like reflective tape, HiVis paneling or reflective piping. For example, our Enhanced Visibility Insulated Softshell Jacket has segmented reflective tape on black fabric. Showing dirt and grime isn’t an issue and the reflective tape provides added safety.
What works best for you depends on your specific environment and the types of jobs being performed. But whether you need just a touch of visibility or head-to-toe ANSI Class 3 protection, we’ve got the gear to keep you warm, productive and visible.