Last month on a Queensland sugarcane farm, a worker’s hi vis vest reflective strip caught on a moving conveyor belt roller. The tear pulled him into the machinery, resulting in a fractured arm and a $48,000 WorkSafe Queensland fine for the site supervisor. It’s a scenario I’ve seen play out across construction sites, paint shops […]
The Ultimate Guide to Picking the Perfect Hi Vis Vest Utility: Boost Safety, Comfort, and Performance When a traffic‑control officer on a busy Sydney motorway was wearing a faded orange‑red vest that only met “Class D” daylight standards, a site vehicle failed to see him in the dusk and the incident could have ended in a serious […]
Hi Vis 3 Vest: The Ultimate 2024 Buying Guide, Safety Benefits & Top Picks for Every Worksite A foreman once sent a crew out on a night‑shift road‑repair job with the wrong colour hi‑vis shirts. By the time the first truck rolled through, the workers were practically invisible. The incident triggered a stop‑work order, a […]
Hi Vis Vest Tactical: The Ultimate 2024 Buying Guide, Top Picks, and Safety Tips for Maximum Visibility A senior plant‑operator was sprinting across a dimly‑lit quarry when his hi‑vis vest slipped off the back‑strap. In the instant the reflective tape vanished, a nearby forklift didn’t see him – the operator took a hard bump, the site […]
The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Hi Vis Vest Big and Tall: Comfort, Safety, and Perfect Fit A foreman once sent a crew member out on a high‑rise scaffold wearing a standard‑size hi‑vis vest that was two sizes too small. Within minutes the worker was fighting to see over the reflective strips, tripped on a […]
Last month, a Sydney civil works crew copped a $12,000 SafeWork NSW fine after a subbie turned up in a faded orange vest with no reflective tape. The site supervisor didn’t pick it up, the auditor did, and the whole project was shut down for 48 hours. That’s the cost of getting hi vis vest […]
Last month, a Brisbane traffic control crew copped a $14,500 WorkSafe Queensland penalty after a random site inspection found 11 workers wearing faded orange hi-vis vests with no reflective tape. The vests were cheap imports that didn’t meet AS/NZS 1906.4 for reflective material, and the team had been using Class D (day-only) vests for evening […]
Last month, a SafeWork NSW inspector shut down a Sydney construction site after three workers wearing full-zip hi vis jackets got caught in a sudden downpour. Their zips jammed with mud, leaving them with no reflective coverage when they had to direct traffic at dusk. All three were wearing non-compliant full zips when they should […]
Hi Vis Vest Navy Blue: The Ultimate 2024 Guide to Choosing Safe, Stylish Visibility Gear On a Melbourne construction site last month, a foreman sent a crew out in navy‑blue jackets with a single strip of reflective tape. Within minutes a delivery truck’s driver couldn’t spot the workers at the rear of the site, and […]
Last month, a Brisbane civil works crew got hit with a $4,200 SafeWork Queensland penalty because half their team turned up in cheap online vests that didn’t meet a single Australian standard. The supervisor thought he was saving a few bucks buying unbranded imports, but the fluorescent orange faded after two weeks on site, the […]