{"id":288,"date":"2020-07-01T13:43:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T11:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crings.eu\/?p=288"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:30:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:30:27","slug":"fluorescent-and-reflective-safety-clothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crings.eu\/en\/nieuws\/fluorescerende-en-reflecterende-veiligheidskleding\/","title":{"rendered":"Utility and necessity of fluorescent and reflective safety clothing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every employer is required by the Occupational Health and Safety Act to determine the hazards in a workplace with an RI&E (risk inventory and evaluation). Limited visibility of people near traffic is a common problem. High visibility clothing, such as work jackets and other safety clothing significantly increase the visibility of your employees. All high visibility clothing that Crings has in its range complies with the European standard NEN-EN-ISO 20471<\/strong>. A safe idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These clothes are therefore an indispensable part of the equipment for professional groups such as ambulance workers and road workers, as well as for other people who perform work in the vicinity of traffic, such as people in landscaping, transportation or (wheelchair) cab transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3 different risk classes <\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The NEN standard has three different classes of risk. The speed of traffic determines the degree of danger an employee faces:<\/p>\n\n\n\n