Safety Check: How Safety Helmets and Fire Safety work
by Nitin Sharma OfBusinessIn different types of industrial
arenas mainly mining, welding, construction and power, etc., there are high
chances of physical injury mainly due to collision and falling of other objects
as well as destruction caused by fire. As it is often impossible to take corrective
measures to avoid these accidents, the only way is to use safety helmets and
fire safety equipment to ensure the security of the workers. Safety helmets mainly perform their
protective function by the absorption of energy. As and when it gets hit by any
sort of falling object, the energy gets dissipated by the helmet. They are
indeed considered to be indispensable in any project sites for their crucial
roles.
What are the
safety helmets?
Safety
helmets
are mainly used in construction and industrial sites to protect the worker’s
head from falling objects, rain or electric shock. Safety helmets, as they are
used to protect the head from heavy objects, are mainly made of strong and
durable materials like metal or fiberglass and mainly rigid plastic.
What are the
types and market prices of safety helmets?
Safety helmets are mainly of two types.
Industrial safety helmets comprise of
shell, harness, harness fixing, sweatband, headband and chinstrap. The other
kind, high performance industrial safety helmets include a protective padding
with the features mentioned earlier. In the commercial market we usually have
access to two types of safety helmets: ratchet and pin lock; depending on the
kind of locking system it shares. There are different brands contributing to
the safety helmets like Metro, SafariPro, Heapro and they cost from Rs. 89 to
Rs 200 per piece depending on their quality. They are mainly sold in packages.
Why is fire
safety needed?
Huge destruction by fire in homes,
factories and cars is a common phenomenon nowadays. So it is necessary for
colossal buildings, offices or factories to install fire safety devices to avoid unnecessary destruction.Employers
should install proper fire safety devices for the protection of their workers
and along with it impart proper education to combat fire.
What are the
types of fire safety devices?
Fire safety devices are of different
kinds mainly differentiated by the elements in them: water, water-mist, dry
powder, and foam and carbon di-oxide. Different safety devices are used for
cars, household and offices. Water extinguisher helps to extinguish fire due to
organic solid materials like wood, clothes etc. Powder extinguishers are used
to extinguish fire from petrol, oil, grease, paint and gases. Foam
distinguishers are needed to extinguish fire from solid and burning liquids and
electricity. Extinguishers containing carbon-di-oxide are mainly used to prevent
fire from electrical equipments. They are largely used in computer server
rooms.
Prices and
demand of fire safety in the market:
Due to the increasing global warming
and technological hazards, the demands of fire extinguishers are high in the
market. They are used in households, cars and offices. In the US and UK, the
demand is proportionately larger because of the strict regulations and building
fire protection codes. As India gets wealthier and enforcement increases, the
demand for safety products is expected to increase.
Car extinguishers are priced from Rs.
450- 1000.Whereas house and office fire
safety devices are priced from Rs. 2000-20000 depending on their
quantities.
Whether it is your safety helmet or
the fire safety equipments, OfBusiness is powerful to take care of all issues
with the best of provisions. With the most quality brands, they indeed assure
you and your workers a healthier and safer environment to be around.
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