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What Are the Differences Between Primary and Secondary FR Workwear?

…and what are the consequences for selection of flame and heat protective clothing? When it comes to protection against real...

Differences in Primary and Secondary FR Clothing

Primary FR workwear is an important PPE need in many industries – especially oil & gas. Selection and performance are...

Refinery PPE for Turnarounds

When preparing for a turnaround project, it’s essential to ensure your workers have the proper protective garments. Lakeland Industries manufactures...

Refinery Maintenance Planning and PPE

The thought of coming into regular and direct contact with crude oil, gas, and other dangerous chemicals would strike fear...

Refinery Turnaround Safety Concerns

Petrochemical plants and oil refineries are complex organizations, and it takes a specialized crew to ensure that these environments run...

Webinar: Dangers of Combining Flame, Heat and Chemical Protection

How do you know that your team is wearing the right personal protective equipment for their unique work environment? Most...

Anti-Static Safety Garment Properties

EN 1149 is the standard for “anti-static” or “static dissipative” clothing. And while well known and a common requirement for...

PPE Category Rating versus Cal Rating

CAT and CAL ratings for clothing are critical to ensure workers are equipped to manage hazards associated with a worksite....

How to Clean FR/AR Rainwear

In critical industries, including utilities, infrastructure maintenance, and transportation, rain delays are not an option. Electric utility linemen and oil...

Understanding PPE Selection for Heat Energy

In our blog “Decoding Heat Tolerance and Temperature” I looked at the confusion between the terms “heat tolerance”, “temperature” and...

Choosing Flame Resistant Disposable Coveralls for Oil & Gas

Regardless of risks and potentially dangerous tasks, oil and gas industry employment is on the rise. One of the most...

Green fade overlay from left to right, covering a worker protected with Lakeland's Pyrolon CRFR, Orange PPE
Common Myths of FR Apparel

As we have said in previous blogs and literature on our website, the CE marking is nothing more than the...

Is Your FR Garment Safe?

This blog considers Secondary FR Workwear; its importance, the different types and the fact that three specific brands in the...

How to interpret the Thermal Mannequin Test results

Confirming that your FR workwear is certified to the EN 11612 standard is vital. But as always with standards, the...

EN 11612 Certification Test Requirements

When it comes to FR protection, there are multiple FR standards which can potentially lead to confusion for safety managers...

EN 14116 Standard on Secondary FR Disposable Coveralls

Secondary FR disposables and chemical suits provide an important function – especially in the oil, gas and petrochemical industries –...

Facts to Know About Flame-Resistant Fabric

Considering how vital flame-resistant (FR) fabrics are in protecting workers in hazardous environments, there is a great deal of misinformation...

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