EN Standards

A safety glove is a piece of personal protection equipment, or PPE, worn by workers to protect their hands from injuries at the workplace. Some of these gloves provide protection from amputations, abrasions, cuts, bruises, friction blisters, splinters, burns, chemicals, and disease. Studies have shown that workers who wear gloves are 60% less likely to experience hand injuries.

The main purpose behind wearing respiratory protection is to protect yourself against dangerous particles that could potentially cause cancer. Contact throughout decades may cause development of serious conditions. Filtering facepieces offer protection in three classes against aqueous oily aerosols, smoke, and fine particles during work. Their protective function conforms to the safety standard EN 149. This kind of facepiece is also known as particle-filtering half mask or fine particle mask and they are divided into the protection classes FFP1, FFP2 and FFP3.

All safety footwear must meet the minimum safety standards are set out by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The current standard for Safety Footwear across Britain (BS) and Europe (EN) is BS EN ISO 20345:2022, which is identical to ISO 20345:2021. It supersedes BS EN ISO 20345:2011, which will be withdrawn on 31 March 2023. Despite EN ISO 20345:2022 being the most recent standard, most of our products are still only certified under EN ISO 20345:2011.

First of all, PPE stands for personal protective equipment. It's the term used for all kinds of equipment that acts as a barrier between a human and a health or safety risk. These risks could be anything from an infectious disease to a chemical, to falling from a height. As you can probably imagine, PPE equipment encompasses everything from gloves and masks to helmets, steel toe boots, high visibility clothing, and ear protection.

High visibility workwear is a type of personal protection equipment (PPE). A large portion of the UK workforce will require Hi Vis PPE at some point during their career. PPE is a common requirement in many roles throughout the UK, and an employer must provide it. High visibility clothing is workwear that ensures the wearer is visible in high-risk situations. At Total Workwear, we provide a large range of Hi Vis workwear including; trousers, shorts, shirts, tops, coats, jackets, coveralls and more.   

While working in a cold climate, your body can use up to 75% of its energy to maintain your normal body temperature. This means that keeping warm is your body's priority. So, you could become far less aware of what's happening around you due to the lack of energy and become far more likely to have a workplace accident

Summer is ending, winter is fast approaching and for countless professions that work outdoors, work must go on rain or shine. During the warmer months, laboring outdoors comes with obvious benefits, though when temperatures start to drop during the colder months, fighting off the cold can become a challenge. Fortunately, we offer a large range of thermal and winter workwear that are perfect for those freezing working days. So, we've compiled this guide for our best winter trousers, coats, jackets, coveralls and gloves for you to wear this winter.

How hot is your workplace? In some industries and settings - professional kitchens and bakeries, smelting works, foundries and others - excessive heat is a year-round problem. In others, it's only really an issue during the summer months, when the outdoor temperature can increase and businesses don't have adequate measures in place to keep the heat at bay. For some people, an excessively hot workplace can lead to heat stress.

Working in hot weather is never much fun - it makes you feel sweaty and uncomfortable - and potentially affects your ability to work well.

The good news is that when the temperature starts to soar, there's no need to suffer, as we provide a range of hot weather workwear that will take the heat out of performing any task.

Here's our pick of the top three cooling workwear products to own this summer.