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Beware fake PPE

25 January 2013

Non-conforming high visibility vests, safety helmets and prescription safety glasses are just a handful of the products that find their way onto the marketplace. Unfortunately, to the untrained and unsuspecting eye, ill

Non-conforming high visibility vests, safety helmets and prescription safety glasses are just a handful of the products that find their way onto the marketplace. Unfortunately, to the untrained and unsuspecting eye, illegal, non-conforming safety equipment is hard to distinguish and in many instances goes unnoticed until an accident occurs with often irreversible consequences.

David Lummis, chief executive officer at the BSIF, is urging companies to be vigilant and reminding them that when a product seems too good to be true, it usually is. He says that by remaining vigilant we can help to stamp out this unscrupulous behaviour.
 
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