Safety Consulting Services USA | Flexra Safety

FLEXRA SAFETY was founded in 2014 by an American female advocate and medical professional. Inspired by the medical industry, the opportunity was found in both the quality and use of equipment in the field, and decided to take an accepted risk to embark on creating an established health and safety equipment distribution business within the industrial sector.

The business was established on the basis to "provide a safe, reliable, clean, and sustainable supply of the best quality Personal Protective Products in the market" and is now solely female-owned, creating a small addition to female leadership and creativity within the industry.

Our focus is on the Support, distribution, and supply of premium PPE, specifically targeting the Nuclear, Oil, and Gas industries. Flexra's aim is to provide a safe, reliable, clean, and sustainable supply of the best quality Personal Protective Products on the market, while aspiring to enhance the quality of life for families and personnel for generations to come.

Website: https://www.flexra.net/

PPE for Females: Creating Our Own Space

Before even starting with the piece, let’s take a hard look at the PPE industry and market; while manufacturing such gears and safety equipment, nothing is equal. Ask any women from the associated industry and she would grimly testify to the fact that safety vests, safety masks, boots, eye wears and every other equipment is primarily designed for males. In such conditions, finding a size that would fit a female is almost impossible. Getting safety equipment for eyes, feet, face and hands that fit perfectly and are comfortable is definitely an absolute challenge, but women out there are facing a much graver issue. Usually, PPE and other safety equipment like safety buffers and safety suits are designed for males. Finding the equivalent size for females doesn’t give the sheer comfort and practicality that is usually required to give your best during the work.

Several moves have been made by various PPE organizations to support females in such kinds of jobs, but we are very from the target. This is one of the aspects of the ongoing debate of gender-balanced workplaces, gender balance of employees, and gender balance in salaries. For females to have true and actual equal opportunities in sectors like construction and manufacturing, PPE manufacturers need to address the requirement of PPE specially designed for females.

Safety Footwear:

In order to adjust with ill-fitted safety footwear that is meant for males, several female workers usually try hacks such as masking tape, extra socks which is additional discomfort. Here we need to understand that there are major differences between a male and female foot. Usually, the size of the average female is three times smaller than that of an average male. Female feet are narrower with a wider ball next to toes and again a narrower heel. Women workers need safety footwear that is manufactured by using female foot casts so that the shoes not only fit them in a better way but also accommodates foot’s shape.

Respiratory Protection

You must have noticed the face of a female is quite different from that of a male when it comes to proportion. It is physically smaller, but the major difference is in between the jawline and chin that is less pronounced and gentler in females. With more and more females entering this industry where they are vulnerable to toxic fumes and other hazards on day to day basis, designing and manufacturing respiratory protection gear especially for females has become the need of the hour. Just like footwear, there are numerous challenges in finding respiratory equipment that is snug and offer comfort.

Sectors where women are constantly exposed to dangerous and hazardous work environments such as mines, construction, manufacturing, they are in dire need of PPE that is specially designed for females and provide them a comfortable fit. With such PPE, they would be able to concentrate on their jobs and would be more productive, rather lack of comfort that is not just counter-productive but can prove fatal also. With that being said, all PPE manufacturing companies should start paying more attention towards this issue so that we can provide females a safer and comfortable work environment, no matter where they work.