As the days get shorter, appropriate work clothing becomes essential.

Making sure your workforce is properly dressed when working, especially for those working outside, can seem simple but it’s a major way of reducing injuries and risk of harm which means more work hours are devoted to work and fewer demands are made on the sick pay and physio budgets of large businesses in particular.

There are substantial safety risks to working outdoors in autumn and winter, ranging from sight to footing to weather conditions. The highest rate of workplace injuries in the UK is Northern Ireland, where a report this month says that the cost to the local economy there from work related injuries, ill-health and non-injury accidents is around £250 million per annum, substantially higher than in Great Britain. One reason for this higher level may be the relative importance of the construction industry in Northern Ireland in recent years, which may have caused a disproportionally higher rate of injury as a result of a disproportionally higher rate of construction work as a whole.

Hi-vis gear allows employees to be safe and be seen. It provides an employer with peace of mind about their liability and the employee with peace of mind about their visibility, especially in poor weather. Good outdoor clothing such as gloves, hats and even armbands for those who may be spending time outdoors but not usually employed there, such as staff changing display material or putting up workplace Christmas decorations can be literal life-savers.

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