Low Visibility

Construction, utility, police, emergency medical services, fire fighters and other workers are routinely exposed to the hazards of low visibility — such as motor vehicles and heavy equipment — while on the job.

Hi-visibility fabrics meet specific requirements on how the reflect light so your workers can be seen in those low visibility situations.

Applicable Standards

ANSI 107

United States

Latin America

Southeast Asia & India

ANSI 107 is used as a guide for the design, performance specifications and use of high-visibility and reflective apparel, like vests, jackets, bib/jumpsuit coveralls, trousers and harnesses. If a garment meets this standard, it can be worn at any point in a 24-hour day and allow its users to be seen by fluorescent and retroreflective materials. Many of our hi vis yellow fabrics—DH, DH Air™, Polartec® FR and UltraSoft®—are certified to ANSI 107. Contact your regional market manager for additional information.

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CSA Z96

Canada

CSA Z96 specifies performance requirements for color, retroreflection, and minimum areas as well as the configuration of materials of high-visibility safety apparel intended to provide the wearer with increased conspicuity under both well-illuminated or low-light/dark work environmental conditions. According to this standard, certified apparel should be capable of signaling the user’s presence visually. This standard is in technical harmony with the US standard, ANSI 107, therefore many Westex fabrics that are ANSI 107 certified are simultaneously CSA Z96 certified.

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ISO 20471:2013

EMEA

This international standard specifies requirements for high visibility clothing that’s visually capable of signaling a user’s presence. This clothing is intended to provide conspicuity of the wearer in any light condition when viewed by vehicle operators or other equipment during daylight hours and under the illumination of headlights when it is dark. Our DH fabrics currently meet this standard. Reach out to our international market manager to learn more.

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AS/NZS 1906.4:2010

Australia & New Zealand

This Australian/New Zealand standard specifies the photometric, colorimetric and physical property requirements for high-visibility materials for outdoor daytime use, or retroreflective materials for use at night or in other dark conditions. This standard should be used for the manufacturing of, or for incorporation into, industrial safety garments designed to be worn in situations where the wearer needs to be highly visible.

Many of our UltraSoft fabrics meet this standard; reach out to our international market manager to learn more.

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