Safety Alert!

A new standard is soon to take affect for those who work along federally funded highways! You'll find the following information vital to your personal safety.

Effective November 24th, 2008, workers whose duties place them within the right-of-way of a Federal-aid highway, such as highway construction and maintenance forces, survey crews, and utility crews, must wear high-visibility safety apparel. Other workers such as responders to incidents within the highway right-of-way, law enforcement personnel when directing traffic, investigating crashes, and handling lane closures and other instances, are also subject to this new safety standard.

So, what constitutes "high visibility safety apparel?" This is classified as personal protective safety clothing that is intended to provide conspicuity during both day and night time usage. It must also meets the performance Class 2 or Class 3 ANSI requirements.

For your convenience, UtilitySafeguard.com and Safetyvests.com supply you with quality Class 2 and Class 3 safety vests. These safety vests aid in your protection by placing you in the eye of oncoming traffic and other hazards, ensuring you don't go unnoticed and endangered.

Class 2 safety vests are sleeveless and come in styles like adjustable, tear away, mesh, and snap front. These ANSI approved vests provide the ultimate safety in industries such as construction, emergency response, law enforcement, utility, survey, railroad, and traffic direction. You're sure to be noticed, and therefore safer, in one of these bright vests.

Class 3 safety vests are great for night safety and provide high visibility when there are erratic weather conditions or high volumes of traffic. Many industries including construction, airport, emergency response, law enforcement, utility, survey, railroad, and traffic direction prefer to outfit their crews in our ANSI certified, Class III vests. These safety garments come in lime and orange. They are lightweight and durable. You can even go with a highly reflective safety vest.

You don't have to limit your safety to vests alone, you can also purchase safety shirts and safety sweatshirts with reflective striping so that you can keep your comfort and protection in intact. Moreover, if you're working in cold or wet conditions, there are jackets and overcoats that are also ANSI compliant and come with reflective striping.

Also, to represent your company and demonstrate great safety practices, you can customize your safety vests. There are custom embroidery and custom screen printing options for the Class 2 or 3 vest you purchase. With vests as low as $2.99 and no set up fees, why wouldn't you choose to show off your company name, logo, or other design?

Now that you're aware of the new standard, and have the resources available at great prices, you're sure to be prepared when November 24th, 2008 rolls around. Your safety remains top priority without topping off your bank account when you shop at UtilitySafeguard.com and SafetyVests.com.