CONSULTING AND TRAINING
Occupational Safety Consulting: A Competitive Advantage
Occupational safety consulting is a strategic solution for companies that use and sell Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), as it goes beyond simply complying with regulations, increases customer confidence, and reduces operational risks, labor liabilities, and costs associated with absences, making the business more efficient and competitive.
More protection, more productivity, and more value for the business.
Effective consulting begins with a detailed diagnosis of processes, activity risks, and the use of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), allowing for the identification of critical points and the definition of solutions aligned with the company's reality, such as training, process adjustments, and technical guidance, avoiding generic approaches and ensuring a greater impact on results.
Accurate diagnosis for tailored solutions.
By ensuring that PPE is correctly selected and used, the consultancy aims to provide guidance to protect workers, improve comfort, and reduce accidents, which translates into increased productivity, a better organizational climate, and a strengthened company reputation with clients, partners, and regulatory bodies.
Trainings
Protective gloves are essential for workers' hand safety and should be used according to the manufacturer's instructions. The right choice is crucial, considering the materials used, which can cause allergies, and ensuring protection without compromising the user's health and comfort. It is also important that the gloves offer good dexterity for performing tasks and are the correct size, following standardized criteria, avoiding looseness or excessive tightness. Furthermore, there are specific standards for different types of gloves, according to the risks of the activity, which define protection requirements and mandatory information on the packaging and in the manual. Therefore, occupational safety training should reinforce the correct choice, use, and compliance with standards, reducing the risk of accidents and hand injuries.
EN-420
The EN 420 standard establishes general requirements and test methods for protective gloves. It defines criteria to ensure that gloves protect hands without harming the user's health, considering the nature of the materials they are made of and the possibility of causing allergies. Furthermore, the standard requires that gloves allow for maximum dexterity and that they be indicated according to harmonized European criteria. There are also specific standards for different risks, which establish tests and protection requirements to be met by these gloves.
EN-388
The EN-388 standard applies to all classes of protective gloves with regard to physical and mechanical damage from abrasion, cuts, tearing, and punctures. The EN-388 European standard for protective gloves against mechanical risks has been updated. For EN 388:2016, the change indicates the introduction of a new test for cut resistance (governed by ISO 13997), in addition to validation of impact resistance on the back of the gloves (optional test).
EN-407
The EN-407 standard specifies the test methods, general requirements, thermal efficiency levels, and marking for protective gloves against heat and/or fire. It applies to all gloves that must protect hands against heat and/or flames in one or more of the following forms: fire, contact heat, convection heat, radiant heat, small molten metal splashes, or large molten metal splashes. Product testing may only be performed for efficiency levels and not for protection levels.
ISO374
This standard specifies the requirements, test methods, markings, and information provided for protective gloves for the user against chemicals and hazardous microorganisms. If other types of protection are required, such as mechanical, thermal, or electrostatic dissipation risks, the appropriate specific performance standard should be applied. Information on standards for protective gloves can be found in EN 420.