National
Safety Apparel’s FR Sweatshirts First in Line for UL Certification
As the unusually hot summer of 2012 finally transitions to autumn,
the long-absent cool air will be back. This means that sweatshirt weather is
once again on the horizon. To that point, National Safety Apparel announces the
first and only FR sweatshirts certified to NFPA 2112 for flash fire resistance.
When there is a flammable medium present, such as dust, chemical
vapors, or gasoline, a spark can instantly light a very dangerous, rapidly
moving fire. If an arc flash hazard is present, an electrical arc would be more
than enough to ignite the dispersed fuel. That is why NSA deems dual protection
so important to today’s industrial workers.
“With the already proven NFPA 70E arc flash protection of our
UltraSoft® Fleece sweatshirts, certifying this product with UL has allowed us
to provide documented flash fire protection as well – protection from two life
threatening hazards in one garment,” says Jeff Martin, Director of Technology
at NSA.
NFPA 2112 requires a third party’s approval for meeting its
standard, and Underwriter’s Laboratories, or UL, is the most commonly used
agency. “We are the only company whose
sweatshirts are garment-certified by UL to NFPA 2112, an achievement that we’re
very proud of,” says Martin.
National Safety Apparel’s research and design team put forth considerable
effort to get its garments up to the standard, and the sweatshirts are the
first in what they hope to be a long line of UL certified garments to come.
Check out our product information sheet here!
