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Let’s all
PPE (GENERAL) get home safely,
every day

HARD HATS (BS EN 397)
Black hat – Construction Managers and Supervisor
White hat – General operatives
Blue hat – Visitors
Orange hat –Slinger / Signallers

EYEWEAR (BS EN 166)
All employees must wear appropriate eyewear
according to task and risk assessment. Safety
goggles should be used for any high-risk
activities such as breaking, grinding and cutting
steel.

HI VISIBILITY CLOTHING AND WORKWEAR
All operatives must wear full orange hi vis clothing. Specific Slinger Signaller
safety critical trades will be identified on hi vis clothing such as
slinger signaller etc. Concreting operatives must wear
disposable overalls to provide protection against COSHH.

GLOVES (BS EN 388)
All employees must wear safety gloves
appropriate to task and risk assessment.
Concrete operatives should wear impervious
gloves. Kevlar sleeves are to be used when
undertaking soft-strip demolition works.

FOOTWEAR (BS EN 345)
All employees must wear safety footwear
appropriate to task. Steel toe caps and midsoles or
wellington boots for concrete operatives. Rigger
boots are not permitted on John F Hunt sites.

You must keep your PPE clean and tidy. Never write on, cut or tear your work clothing as it
limits the protective properties of clothing and can reflect badly on our public image
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