If there is any one thing that creates a win-win with respiratory protection, especially in terms of return on investment, it is comfort. We will discuss how comfort improves safety and productivity, and explore some of the best ways to ensure comfort.
Comfort is viewed by many PPE developers and manufacturers, employers and employees as secondary to safety, but we believe that comfort is safety. The more comfortable your employees are, the more likely they can make good and safe decisions. Or to look at it from the negative perspective, uncomfortable employees are a lot more likely to lose focus and not pay enough attention to their often-dangerous job and surroundings, make bad and unsafe decisions, or sub-consciously violate safety measures and risk harming themselves.