What Colour Are Safety Vests? Your 2024 Guide to Australian Standards, Maximum Visibility, and Choosing the Right Hue A crew on a busy Sydney roadworks site was halted last month because the traffic‑control team turned up in orange‑tinted jackets that barely glinted in the dusk. The inspectors stopped work, issued an enforceable notice and the contractor […]
What Colour Are Safety Vests? The Complete Guide to High‑Visibility Gear, Regulations & Choosing the Right Shade for Every Job A foreman once sent a crew out on a dusty highway in plain‑blue work shirts because the colour‑coded vests were still in the delivery bin. Within minutes a fuel tanker swerved, the workers were almost […]
Last month, a road crew in regional Victoria copped a $12,000 fine from WorkSafe Victoria because their new hi-vis vests didn’t meet AS/NZS 4602.1 requirements. The site manager had bought cheap imports online, thinking all hi-vis was the same. Two weeks later, a distracted driver nearly hit a flagger because the vest’s reflective tape was […]