Oil and gas industry users face the biggest challenges
Use of flame-resistant clothing (FRC) in industry has boomed in the past few years. Partly it’s due to OSHA requirements issued in 2014 mandating a large population of workers in the electric generation, transmission and distribution field be provided with FRC. The six-digit cost of one severe burn case is another factor. Plus, surging activity in the oil and gas business up until recently was accompanied by fatal work-related fires and explosions.
As the focus on FRC continues to grow, Mount Vernon FR, a U.S. manufacturer of flame resistant fabrics, sponsored a Voice of the Customer study in 2014 to better understand the challenges faced by EHS professionals. The study consisted of a focus group held at the 2014 ASSE Safety Conference in Orlando and an online survey distributed to ASSE members, with 400 safety, health and environmental professionals (representing almost 490,000 employees who wear FRC on the job) in the oil/gas, utilities, mining and construction industries providing answers.