The glass manufacturing and processing sectors represent potentially dangerous working environments. However, health and safety legislation and initiatives within the industry (e.g. The Glass Charter) and by individual employers, combined with the existence of suitable personal protective equipment (often designed and developed specifically for the glass industry) means that the industry enjoys, in most countries, an enviable safety record. Although both glass manufacturing and processing inevitably share a range of common hazards and PPE solutions, there are distinctly different risks faced in the two main types of working environment. This article takes a look at the importance of protective clothing in the glass production and processing industries.
