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In business and industrial environments, the use of face protection products should be second nature. But believe it or not, a recent report showed that many men are now more concerned about face masks of the cosmetic kind than personal safety and protection on site.
A poll of 1,000 people found that British males spend an average £760-a-year on 'essentials' to keep their skin in tip-top condition. That’s probably far more than a single person would spend on PPE in a year. What’s more it’s estimated that the UK market for men’s face care products is worth over £77m a year.
But anti-wrinkle creams, facial washes, scrubs and face masks will hardly provide proper protection of vital facial features when working in hazardous environments. Sadly, accidents happen all the time, sometimes in the most innocuous situations that we might ordinarily take for granted - like strimming the garden, jet washing the patio, cutting wood or drilling a wall.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, industrial and construction- related work has a much higher rate of facial injuries than any other with hazards many and varied. Impact injuries can be caused by flying objects such as stone or brick fragments, particles of dirt and dust, tiny pieces of metal and splinters caused by hammering, chipping, grinding, machining, wood working, sawing, and drilling.
Chemicals and extreme heat sources are also dangerous to the face. Splashes, fumes, vapours and irritating mists can scald and burn while welding arcs, UV radiation and intense light can damage your eyes.
Non-fatal injuries cost a business £1,400 on average, but injuries that incapacitate an employee for at least seven days cost close to four times as much at £5,100. Illnesses caused by work have a larger financial impact on a business, with an average cost of £4,000—but work-related illnesses keeping an employee out for at least a week cost a business £8,300 on average.
The consequences of facial injuries are serious, potentially life-threatening. Not only is there time off work and loss
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Face protection products such as safety glasses, masks and visors have all been brought into much sharper focus during the COVID-19 pandemic. They’re all critical components in the PPE framework that ensures wellbeing and safety at work, says Hellberg Safety.
of pay as a result of short or long-term injuries, there’s the potential for something more significant. An injury can cause a lifetime of permanent disfigurement, even loss of sight. Surely that’s a good enough reason for using proper face protection products all the time.
There are three basic things you can do to help prevent an eye and face injury. Use the appropriate eye and face protection for the task in hand. Use machine guarding, work screens, or other engineering controls. Wear eye and face protection on site as advised at all times and ensure your PPE is approved, and in good condition.
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Protection from Hellberg Safety Hellberg Safety specialist PPE products include highly advanced face protection products, noise hazard protection and communication solutions for personal safety and wellbeing on site.
Hellberg’s interoperable face protection products offer helmet and visor solutions to suit a variety of internal and external work situations. With a standard product design across the range, users are able to mix and match visors, carriers, and hearing protectors for complete ‘headband-only’ or ‘safety helmet’ solutions that protect against the hazards faced in differing task environments.
Everything single component in the Hellberg Safety PPE range combines the hallmarks of, advanced technology, quality and comfort with superb, practical protection for the hazards you’re likely to face - whatever job you’re doing in high-risk work environments.
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