Anticutting Clothing for Chainsaw Work

Anti-cut clothing for chainsaw work.

Anti-cut clothing is essential and indispensable for working with chainsaws. The injuries that can be caused by any mishap with one of these machines can be very serious. Wearing the appropriate protective clothing is, therefore, a must.

In fact, the Accident Prevention Regulations require the use of anti-cutting pants, anti-cutting jackets and protective boots. These and other products are part of the PPE that we offer in Oroel.

We recommend not to carry out any work with chainsaw if we are not well equipped, no matter how easy it may seem or how safe we feel.

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Function of anti-cut clothing.

It’s not easy to imagine an article of clothing stopping a chainsaw blade, but that’s what our pants and jackets actually do. How they do it is easy to explain. Our protective gear has two layers, two fabrics between which is another layer made of long, tough protective fibers that is what guarantees its quality.

When a mishap occurs, the chainsaw cuts through the first layer and encounters the fibers, which become entangled in the chain of the machine, causing it to stop immediately.

The complexity of this type of garments means that they are divided into several classes according to their level of protection.

• Class 0 and class 1 anti-cut clothing: the first (class 0) withstands chain speeds up to 16 m/s. The second up to 20 m/s.
• Class 2 and class 3 anti-cut clothing. Class 2 withstands a maximum chain speed of 24 m/s, while class 3 can withstand speeds of up to 28 m/s.

Therefore, it is key to look at the chainsaw we are going to work with in order to select some of our cut protection pants or our most suitable protection jacket.

Chainsaw anti-cut garments

First of all, there are some recommendations we would like to give. The first one is that all protective elements must be comfortable. Any discomfort or distraction while working with a chainsaw can lead to an accident.

On the other hand, all clothing, especially pants and jackets, should have good breathability and ventilation. And of course, they have to be made with all the relevant layers, especially the special fibers that make each garment more resistant.

From here our advice depending on the garment in question is as follows

Anti-cut pants for chainsaws.

We must make sure that our anti-cut pants meet the parameters explained above and that they serve as a protector against possible damage that the chainsaw may cause. They must be comfortable, so we must make sure of the size, with the necessary pockets and with some fluorescent detail..

Chainsaw cut-protection bib.

They must have similar characteristics to those of the pants, but as they have suspenders, we must make even more emphasis on choosing the right size of the anti-cutting dungarees and make sure that we are comfortable.

Anticut leggings for chainsaw work.

Our recommendation is similar to the previous ones, we must make sure that they are the right size, that they are comfortable and, in this particular case, we must also make sure that the anti-cut leggings protect all the areas susceptible to damage.

Anti-cut jacket.

Once again, we recommend that it should be comfortable and that it should not be harmful to our work. In the anti-cut jacket, the reflective part should be somewhat larger, to make us well visible.

Occupational protective footwear.

Boots must have an insole and a reinforced anti-puncture instep. This is essential and avoids many mishaps. At the same time, good cut-protection boots must provide comfort.

In addition to these elements, it is also mandatory to use gloves, helmet or goggles, and it will never be superfluous to use any extra protective element that you want to use.

Following all these recommendations, almost all of them obligations, you will be meeting the standards of safety and prevention in terms of protective clothing against chainsaws.

From Oroel we guarantee, with our chainsaw clothing, the highest level of safety and protection against cuts during work.

In the online catalog you can find pants, bibs, jackets or leggings for chainsaws designed and manufactured with the best fabrics and the best quality.