Women put at risk by ill-fitting safety gear :: International
By A Mystery Man Writer
Description
lll-fitting Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) that isn’t designed to protect women workers can get in the way of them doing their job safely, according to a new report published by the TUC. The report, Personal protective equipment and women, reveals that despite a legal duty to provide the correct PPE to staff free of charge, only three in ten women (29%) told researchers that the PPE they wear to keep them safe at work is specifically designed for women.
![Women put at risk by ill-fitting safety gear :: International](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0cdf52945c8ddc2e4c347a327cee13944c1c95d0/0_91_6000_3600/master/6000.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none)
Sexism on the Covid-19 frontline: 'PPE is made for a 6ft 3in rugby player', Coronavirus
![Women put at risk by ill-fitting safety gear :: International](https://www.onthetools.tv/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/pinkwashing-l.jpg)
One size does not fit all: the problem with PPE for women - On The Tools
![Women put at risk by ill-fitting safety gear :: International](https://content.cdntwrk.com/mediaproxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.cdntwrk.com%2Ffiles%2FaHViPTExMTMwMyZjbWQ9aXRlbWVkaXRvcmltYWdlJmZpbGVuYW1lPWl0ZW1lZGl0b3JpbWFnZV82NWU2MzdkYWRmYzc2LnBuZyZ2ZXJzaW9uPTAwMDAmc2lnPTM0ODFhNDcwYzk2OGNkMzU2MjM0MjE1MTQyOTdhMDhj&size=1&version=1709587186&sig=0b85cf1a59bdd807971b7b725158e461&default=hubs%2Ftilebg-blogs.jpg)
Poor design and fit of PPE put women workers at greater risk, says new CSA study
![Women put at risk by ill-fitting safety gear :: International](https://res.cloudinary.com/nautilus-international/image/upload/w_882,c_fill,g_auto,f_auto/v1583858537/ppe_jessica_tyson_web_callout.jpg)
Nautilus International feature: PPE: help or hazard? The researchers investigating whether wrong-size personal protective equipment is putting seafarers at risk
![Women put at risk by ill-fitting safety gear :: International](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Hazmat_DEA.jpg/220px-Hazmat_DEA.jpg)
Personal protective equipment - Wikipedia
![Women put at risk by ill-fitting safety gear :: International](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7410f51/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7908x5275+0+0/resize/1200x800!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fce%2F3e%2F987510b24970a2e9c8fcd51a6082%2F1407405-me-female-firefighters-ill-fitting-ppe-89.jpg)
Ill-fitting gear endangers female firefighters, supervisors say - Los Angeles Times
![Women put at risk by ill-fitting safety gear :: International](https://www.goredforwomen.org/-/media/GRFW-Images/About-Heart-Disease/Real-Women-2024/real_women_class_2024_full_group_red_fw_1903_946.jpg?h=477&iar=0&mw=960&w=960&hash=2F085A9A9757141D33EAF07DAE7E3B17)
Go Red for Women Wear Red and Give
![Women put at risk by ill-fitting safety gear :: International](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f00151e4b0b9493eb88432/3dc8acd4-bcac-4185-9ef7-72956c722db0/6519+Projob+Women%27s+High+Visibilty+Trousers.jpg)
![Women put at risk by ill-fitting safety gear :: International](https://www.ice.org.uk/media/z5phvmqa/arup-engineer-on-site-credit-pexelsthisisengineering-raeng.jpg?width=411&height=231&format=WebP&quality=90&v=1d9bbd7b5c1a5b0)
How women are put in danger by the equipment that's meant to protect them
from
per adult (price varies by group size)