| Carhartt has always designed their product to | | | | makes thirty one different flame-resistant |
| protect you from cold temperatures and harsh | | | | products for both the male and female workers. |
| weather conditions. They have also always | | | | With each flame-resistant product that they |
| constructed it to last whether you work in the | | | | make, it is given a HRC rating which tells the |
| farm fields, oil refineries, or are doing jobs around | | | | worker the level of protection that the piece of |
| the house. In the last few years, Carhartt has | | | | clothing provides. Different industries and jobs |
| designed their Flame-Resistant clothing line and | | | | require different levels of protection while layering |
| continues to advance their products. These | | | | of flame-resistant clothing also adds increased |
| products may not look much different from their | | | | protection to meet these required levels. OSHA |
| other products, such as their pants, shirts, and | | | | regulations have added more strict rules to job |
| jackets, but have a purpose to protect the | | | | sites as to who must wear flame-resistant |
| worker. | | | | clothing and what level of protection they must |
| Electric lineman, pipeline and refinery workers, as | | | | have. |
| well as industrial electricians can be at risk of | | | | Carhartt's flame-resistant clothing has been built |
| electric arcs and flash fires in their work places. | | | | with the long-lasting and durable thinking that most |
| These arc flashes can result in exposure to | | | | of their customer's have been used to for many |
| temperatures as high as 35,000 degrees | | | | years. Their flame-resistant clothing will continue |
| Fahrenheit, four times the surface temperature of | | | | to be flame-resistant for the life of the garment |
| the sun. These flashes are short-lived blasts but | | | | if the garment-care instructions are followed, |
| with their severity combined with improper | | | | unlike some competitors who treat the fabric to |
| clothing, your body is exposed to temperatures | | | | be flame-resistant, but is then washed out of the |
| that can be very harmful or even deadly. | | | | fabric over time. |
| Carhartt has designed their flame-resistant clothing | | | | Carhartt has expanded its flame-resistant clothing |
| to protect your body from these extreme | | | | line just like it did with its traditional work clothing |
| temperatures and will self-distinguish once the | | | | to serve the women in these industries. With |
| heat source has been removed. With cotton | | | | different styles of shirts, pants, and jackets for |
| clothing, after the heat source is removed, the | | | | the workers, workers who require this clothing |
| material will continue to burn which causes | | | | are sure to be not only safe but comfortable in |
| additional injuries to the worker. Carhartt currently | | | | the clothing as well. |