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Workwear and PPE guides
These guides explain the codes and classes you meet when choosing workwear and protective equipment: S3 on a safety shoe, 4X43D on a glove, Class 2 on a vest, FFP3 on a mask. Each one is based on the relevant European standard and links to the product groups it concerns.
The guides are written so that purchasing, safety and site teams use the same terms. Standard values are checked against published standard summaries and official regulations, and each guide lists the standards it relies on.
If a guide does not quite fit your situation, or you are unsure about a product choice, describe the conditions on site and we will settle the selection together. The final decision always rests on the workplace risk assessment.
FFP1 vs FFP2 vs FFP3: EN 149 mask classes and how to choose a dust mask
What the EN 149 classes measure, what the markings mean and how to match the mask to the dust.
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Safety Footwear Ratings Explained: SB, S1, S1P, S3 and the 2022 Codes
How to read the S code and extra symbols on EN ISO 20345 safety footwear, and what changed between the 2011 and 2022 editions.
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Flame resistant clothing standards: EN ISO 11612 codes, EN ISO 11611 classes and arc protection
A working reference to EN ISO 11612 code letters, welding and arc standards, FR fabric types and laundering rules, with the test thresholds behind each label.
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Antistatic vs ESD Clothing: EN 1149-5 and EN 61340-5-1 Explained
A side-by-side guide to antistatic clothing for explosive atmospheres and ESD garments for electronics: standards, test methods, earthing and footwear resistance.
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EN 388 cut levels and glove ratings explained: how to read codes like 4X43D
A position-by-position guide to EN 388 glove codes, the A–F cut levels and which figure matters for which job.
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EN ISO 20471 classes explained: hi-vis class 1, 2 and 3
Where high visibility clothing classes come from: area thresholds, the class 3 design rule, combined garments, labels, logos and when to retire a garment.
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Custom workwear with logo: embroidery or printing, private label and the production process
Choosing a logo method by fabric and laundering, keeping hi-vis and flame-resistant garments compliant, private label rules and what to send for a quote.
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Gas mask filter colour codes: what A, B, E, K, P and ABEK mean
From brown A to white P: filter codes, capacity classes, reading ABEK labels, filter life and the oxygen limit.
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Food Industry Workwear: Hygiene Rules, Colour Coding, Hairnets, Boots and Gloves
What EU Regulation 852/2004 and Turkish food hygiene law ask of clothing, and how that becomes garment design, zone colours, headwear, boots, gloves and cold-room layering.
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Workwear Fabric Types and Weights: Gabardine, Canvas, Ripstop and Polycotton
How weave, fibre blend and weight decide which fabric suits which job, which test reports to ask for and what belongs in the specification.
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Chemical protective suit types: Type 1 to Type 6, and what a Type 5/6 coverall means
What each type number on a coverall label was tested for, where Type 5/6 stops, and how to choose by task.
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What is PPE? PPE categories I, II and III, CE marking and a PPE list by body part
The legal definition of PPE, the three EU risk categories, how to read CE marking and the declaration of conformity, and a PPE list with key standards.
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Cold store clothing: what EN 342 and EN 14058 tell you, and how to layer for freezer work
How to read EN 342 and EN 14058 labels, build three layers and pick EN 511 gloves and CI footwear for cold store and outdoor cold work.
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Full body harness, fall arrest lanyard length and fall clearance
What the EN standards ask of a harness and lanyard, how to work out fall clearance, and when kit is retired.
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