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Cold Weather Gear Checklist

Cold Weather Gear Checklist

If your work requires you to dress in extreme cold weather gear, you’re in luck, because there are many technological advances in cold weather work gear that can help keep you warm while performing at your best. Avoid cold-related illnesses and injuries by dressing in at least three layers of thin cold weather gear. Base Layers What you wear closest to your skin should be slightly loose, comfortable, and long enough to keep you covered. It should also vent in the underarms and dry qui …
Dec 7th 2018 PKSafety Team
How to Protect Employees from Severe Cold Weather Threats

How to Protect Employees from Severe Cold Weather Threats

Know the Risks Exposure to extremely low temperatures for an extended period of time may cause serious health problems and complications if protective measures have not been taken care of before starting work on a project in severe weather conditions. The most common symptoms of being affected by cold include memory loss, uncontrolled shivering, slurred speech, clumsy movements, numbness, white or grayish skin color in the open body areas, which can be a result of the frostbite or hypothermi …
Sep 21st 2017 Mila Adamovica