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Polo Shirts
Kustom Imprints sells custom printed safety wear that is necessary in so many workplace applications. We specifically offer gear that is both reflective and in bright neon type colors. The safety products we offer that can be customized are safety vests, t-shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, caps and beanies. All options are available in either safety yellow (also call lime of safety green) and safety orange (sometimes referred to as OSHA Orange. We offer a ANSI class 2 compliant safety vest as well as a ANSI class 2 compliant safety t-shirt. The Safety Vest is the most recognized item for reducing the risk of injury (as found in a 2001 survey sponsored by the ISEA).
Apparel can be “OSHA Compliant”, meaning it meets the standards OSHA agrees with when it comes to apparel.
What are the OSHA standards for safety apparel?
OSHA follows the ANSI standards. If a garment is ANSI compliant, it is also OSHA compliant. Therefore, our CSV400 and CS401 can be considered “OSHA Compliant”.
For more information, please visit www.osha.gov
What is ANSI?
ANSI/ISEA is the American National Standards Institute/International Safety Equipment Association (safetyequipment.org is the website of ISEA). 107-2004 is a revision of a 1999 standard addressing high-visibility safety apparel and headwear. The standard provides guidelines for the selection and use of high-visibility safety apparel to improve worker safety.
What does the 107 standard provide?
It provides design guidelines for manufacturers of high-visibility wear and specifies the minimum amount of component materials, as well as colors and placement of these materials. The standard refers to three types of materials that all need to be certified either through a third party lab or through a self-certification process. These three types of materials are: background materials, which are colored fluorescent material intended to be highly conspicuous; retro-reflective material, material that reflects back the light rays; and combined-performance material, retro-reflective material that also is fluorescent. There are three colors for background and combined-performance material: fluorescent yellow-green, fluorescent orange-red and fluorescent red. Colors should be picked to achieve the highest degree of contrast to the environment.
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is imposing new rulings that apply only to workers who are working within the right-of-way of Federal-aid highways. The final rule is effective November 24, 2008. This ruling requires Class III garments be worn (http/wzsafety.tamy.edu/files/documents/laws_regulations/federal/nov_24_06…).
What is MUTCD
MUTCD is the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways. It specifies that roadway workers wear high-visibility apparel and that the apparel be compliant with the ANSI/ISEA standard.
Are there Performance Classes?
Yes, there are three performance classes based on worker exposure to traffic hazards, which align with the classes of apparel. The classes have to do with how much risk the worker has of not being seen and possibly hit by a vehicle on a roadway or highway.
Class I workers are at the lowest risk. Class I garments are for users who have ample separation from vehicular traffic that does not exceed 25 mph and where the background is not complex. They could include workers directing vehicle operators to parking or service locations, workers retrieving shopping carts from parking lots, employees exposed to the hazards of warehouse equipment traffic and delivery vehicle drivers.
Class II garments are intended for users who need greater visibility in inclement weather conditions and whose activities occur near roadways where traffic speeds exceed 25 mph. Class II workers could include roadway construction workers, utility workers, survey crews, school crossing guards, airport baggage handlers and ground crews.
Class III garments provided for the highest level of conspicuity to workers with high task loads in a wide range of weather conditions where traffic exceeds 50 mph. Class III workers are those exposed to significantly higher speeds than Class 2. They also include roadway construction workers, utility workers and survey crews, as well as emergency response personnel and flagging crews.
**Source: Textile Rental Services Association Magazine, November 2005, Linda Thornburg
Councelor Magazine, April 2007,
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