Recommendations for cold environments

In many professions workers are forced to work outdoors, which means that during the colder months of the year they are forced to face adverse weather conditions.

In these cold environments it is essential that every worker has a work clothes appropriate to enable you to carry out your work safely and comfortably.

Some of the risks and dangers of cold work include hypothermia, frostbite, colds and trench foot.

The main recommendation for working in this type of cold environment is to use a work clothes which provides effective protection by making use of:

• Warm clothes: When exposed to the cold, it is best to cover yourself with several layers that provide more shelter than usual. It is advisable to use several layers of clothing, thus achieving greater insulation from the cold, which will allow the heat to remain longer in the body. Coats that have a polar lining, as well as wool or polar are the best options for outdoor work.
• Gloves: It is important that hands are properly protected and covered, as they can easily freeze or crack due to the cold, preventing manual work from being done normally.
• Hat: The head is another part of the body that is important to keep warm caps wool or hoods are perfect for this area, making sure the hat takes up the whole head. There are also caps that have accessories to cover part of the face or neck, which will also help maintain body temperature.
• Footwear: The feet, like the hands, are another key area for keeping the body warm work shoes they can be waterproof, as well as good socks.

In any case, the uniforms although they are designed to combat the cold, they must offer maximum mobility to the worker, so that he has no difficulty in performing his tasks comfortably.

In addition to wearing the clothes of work clothes in addition to taking shelter from the cold if possible from time to time in an enclosed area to warm up and recover before continuing work.