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There are many types and styles of safety vests that assist people in
different professions stay safe while performing their job duties. There
are also safety vests designed to help people stay safe while
participating in certain sports and leisure activities, as well. The
following paragraphs will take a brief look at groups of people who
benefit greatly from wearing safety vests while participating in certain
sports and activities, as well as while performing duties required by
their profession.
Road construction crews are one example of groups of people who utilize
reflective safety vests to assist in keeping them safe on the job.
Statistics have proven that the main cause of fatalities on road
construction projects is someone being struck by a vehicle, or piece of
machinery, due to improper safety precautions having been taken, such as
failure to wear high visibility reflective safety vests. In order to
reduce fatalities, reflective safety vests come in three different
classes, depending upon job duties entailed, and are a requirement.
Class one is the first class of reflective safety vests. They are
normally offer lower visibility than the other classes of reflective
safety vests. These classes of reflective safety vests are commonly used
in professions where the workers have ample separation from traffic, and
the traffic should not ever exceed 25 miles an hour. Workers who may be
required to wear class one reflective safety vests include parking lot
attendants, warehouse workers, side walk workers, and delivery truck
drivers.
Class two reflective safety vests are required when working in poor
weather conditions, or when working where visibility is poor. Class two
reflective safety vests are also required when the person is working in
close proximity to traffic traveling at speeds that exceed 25 miles per
hour. Some occupations that require class two reflective safety vests
are roadway construction, survey crews, crossing guards, airport ground
crew, and trash collectors.
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