Article - Premier Protective Clothing Solutions

07 Jan 2020

When you are looking for personal protective clothing from a reputable supplier, who has more than a passing knowledge of health and safety regulations in South Africa, you are also looking for a workwear supplier who understands the potential hazards to which workers may be exposed and what type of occupation-specific protective clothing will provide adequate protection.

 

Zero in on XCO Group

 

In your research and search, you are sure (and wise) to zero in on XCO Group, our company, which specialises in numerous types of branded corporate solutions, with a section that is devoted to workwear, including personal protective clothing and protective equipment.

 

Prehistorical Protection

 

Nowadays, employers are legally required to provide this type of workwear and equipment for each worker in certain capacities or industries, but this wasn’t always so, despite the fact that adopting some form of body covering or garment to shield the body is nothing new. Even in distant, prehistoric times, the forefathers of Homo sapiens donned animal skins to protect them from the elements.

 

Unprotected Workers

 

One is constantly amazed and astonished at the uncaring and inhuman way in which workers were once treated by their employers rather more recently. In Britain and Europe, among other countries, upper-class, wealthy employers were only interested in and concerned about the bottom line. Workers had to rely on their wits and own meagre resources for any type of workwear and safety.

 

One only has to watch a documentary or historical programme to realise just how absent and unavailable any form of protection and protective clothing was available for workers in those early days. Think of coal miners in England and Wales, construction workers and builders – any- and everywhere in the world, as well as those employed in factories and workshops of all types, before, during, and for some time after the Industrial Revolution.

 

Avoiding Accidental Injury

 

The list goes on, seemingly never-ending, but the workplace lessons are the same. Those who earn their living in potentially dangerous industries and possibly hazardous environments in which mishaps may occur, require the safest possible conditions, inclusive of personal protective clothing, combined with relevant personal safeguards to minimise or avoid accidental injury or harm.

 

Workwear Geared for Performance

 

Employers require the services of XCO Group’s workwear division, known as leaders in this specialised supply industry – workwear geared for performance – and, of course, the safety and personal protection for and of their all-important workforce.

 

Because it is so diverse and extensive, we have categorised our workwear/protective clothing ranges into eight sections

 

·        Disposable wear

·        Dust coats & aprons

·        High visibility, reflective vests & safety vests

·        Hospitality & chef wear

·        Overalls & conti suits

·        Rain & freezer wear

·        Security wear

·        PPC end-of-range – a varied collection, which varies further, as stocks of ranges, which will not be continued, sell out

 

In addition to our own XCO Group manufacturing unit, we also own and operate our own, fully equipped, state-of-the-art printing and embroidery division, enabling XCO Group to offer customers a true one-stop branding solution for all their distinctive, protective clothing requirements.

 

XCO Group’s personal protective clothing is geared for performance in various ways. The workwear must perform in its quality and function, so that your workforce is able to perform their tasks optimally, healthy, safe, and proud to sport the insignia of the employer’s company, protected by their smartly branded, robust workwear.