Hi Vis Vest Orange and Blue: The Ultimate 2024 Guide to Choosing the Safest, Most Visible Workwear When a site‑labourer in a mining pit strutted past a mobile crane wearing an orange‑and‑blue vest that had faded to a dull pink, the operator called “stop” a split‑second too late. The crane’s boom struck the worker’s hard‑hat, […]
Why Hi‑Vis Vests in Orange & Blue Are the Ultimate Safety Gear: Benefits, Styles, and Buying Guide for 2024 On a busy construction site in Melbourne last winter, a site manager sent a crew member back to work because his hi‑vis vest had faded to a dull tan after months on the roof. Within minutes […]
Last month, a Brisbane traffic control crew copped a $9,500 WorkSafe Victoria fine after a routine site audit found half the team wearing bright blue ‘hi vis’ vests. The site manager had ordered them online, convinced the bold blue met Australian safety standards. It didn’t. Worse, two weeks prior, a passing courier failed to see […]
