What do workers who are required to wear flame-resistant clothing need to consider when layering for cold weather? For workers who face flame-related hazards on the job, proper layering is arguably the most important consideration to take into account during the cold-weather months.
If workers don’t layer their clothing correctly, they’re at risk of negating the protection that flame-resistant/arc-rated clothing provides. For example, if an employee has proper FR/AR clothing on but chooses to throw on a non-FR hoodie to help keep them warm, they’ve invalidated the protection from the hazard by altering the way the FR clothing can perform. […]