Article - Professional Personal Protective Equipment Excellence by XCO Group

28 May 2020

To some, personal protective equipment (PPE) could mean virtually anything, depending on their first frame of reference, from firearms and military helmets to bullet-proof armoured vehicles and Velcro vests. Most people, who know the XCO Group, are aware that throughout the Coronavirus pandemic, our company has been and continues to supply a range of masks, disposable gloves, and bulk quantity sanitisers – essential PPE items. Thus, we’ll highlight some of our other PPE offerings here.

Protecting Health and Safety

At the XCO Group, the equipment that we include in our range of personal protective gear is principally designed, developed, manufactured, and distributed for protective purposes. It is used to help ensure the safety and health of people who work in occupations that have the potential to cause injury or harm.

The users of personal protective equipment deserve nothing less than the best available gear that makes them and their jobs safer and less hazardous. They’re typically performing challenging tasks that require all possible safety measures, plus a generous measure of courage and determination – jobs that most people would be disinclined to choose, because of inherent danger. Consequently, when someone has to “get on with it and do the job”, because “someone has to”, it’s imperative that this someone is protected, furnished with adequate protection, and instructed in the use of relevant personal protective equipment.

Personal Protective Equipment by Category and Item

Excluding the clothing, the XCO Group’s personal protective equipment range includes items for ear and eye protection, hard hats for head protection, masks for respiratory protection, footwear (safety shoes, safety boots, and gumboots), gloves, high-visibility bags, first-aid kits, and additional items associated with rendering first aid. Let’s take a look at our PPE offerings in greater detail:

Ear Protection:

We have various disposable and re-useable earplug types and profiles, corded, uncorded or banded, plus a filled Dromex DRO30 Ear Plug Dispenser, as well as a selection of earmuffs, which includes a top-of-the-range Classic Extreme Muff.

Eye Protection:

We sell protective spectacles in variety of wrap-around styles to maximise protection from front and sides, with scratch-resistant framed or frameless lenses in clear, grey, green, amber, and yellow. We also have spectacles with mirror lenses, plus two economic models without lens coating. An anti-fog lens enhancement and finish is another safety feature that’s standard in one eyewear range from XCO. Style-dependent frames and arms are available in various colours, such as red, black, charcoal, green, lime, blue, and yellow, whilst one range features an orange nosepiece and matching orange accents on the arms. The eye-protection personal protective equipment category also offers wire mesh goggles for ultimate eye protection, plus a flip-front welding helmet to protect both the face and eyes from sparks and flying debris.

We also sell a neat black spectacle bag with belt and clasp mounts. This allows the wearer to keep spectacles safe, leaving the wearer’s hands free to undertake other tasks without fear of dropping and damaging safety spectacles – a fabric pouch, ideal for lens cleaning, plus adjustable retainer cords complete this range.

Hard Hats and Head Protection:

Without adequate head protection, responsible companies don’t permit access to construction sites, certain factories and industrial plants, or at mines, to name a few typical fields where it’s mandatory to put safety first.

Head and facial injuries must be prevented at all costs and times, since such wounds and severe facial or cranial trauma may lead to permanent disfigurement, disability, and even fatality. XCO Group offers a variety of hard hats and safety caps in a wide selection of colours. Some employers and contractors prefer to have the ability to identify teams from afar, judging by the matching colour of each team member and the group’s protecting headwear.

A 3-point breakaway and 4-point Velcro chin strap are available to secure hard hats onto the head, and we also offer a kit that attaches a visor directly onto a hard hat. Separate visors made of various materials, including gauze, may be purchased from XCO. Some may be unaware of our Dromex Interex Ear Defender that features a universal helmet mount and full face-shielding, clear visor. XCO Group’s Aramid single layer balaclava is able to shield much of the head, hair, outer ears, neck, throat, and shoulders.

We’d require a lot more space to describe the XCO Group’s numerous items that serve as industry-leading personal protective equipment merchandise, but fortunately, all this and more information may be found on the XCO website.