Workrite FR Clothing

WORKRITE
FLAME-RESISTANT
GARMENTS
Superior Protection in a
Hazardous World
2011
2012
WORKRITE
WORKRITE
FR: Our Core Competency
When you do only one thing, you can give it all your attention. So
every employee, resource and process at Workrite is dedicated to
manufacturing flame-resistant garments that measure up to key
customer values: extended wear life, performance and protection.
That means providing a variety of fabric choices to meet your
specific hazards, designing garments intended to make life on the
job more comfortable, and offering a broad product line to fit the
diverse needs of industries requiring flame-resistant apparel.
It’s been the Workrite way since 1973. It will stay the Workrite way.
Sewn-In Quality
Imagine looking at 10,000 brand new garments all at once.
And just think how insignificant two garments would look in
comparison. That’s our current defect rate: .19, an extremely
low number envied throughout the FR apparel industry.
Operating under the prominent ISO 9001 banner, Workrite’s
business practices interweave measurable production controls,
raw goods requirements, employee training and a stringent
quality policy to help achieve our goal of complete customer
satisfaction.
Never using seconds, we hold our raw materials to exacting
specifications to ensure finished-garment integrity. We exclusively
use branded fabrics from proven suppliers who adhere to the
highest standards, so you can trust where your Workrite apparel
originated and from whom.
Workrite durability results from purposely over-constructing
apparel. Various techniques – like triple feld-lock pant seams that
prevent tearing, and bar-tacks to reinforce pocket corners and
zipper bottoms – enable your garments to withstand the rigors of
the toughest industrial jobs.
Plus, we regard our thorough multi-step inspections for each
garment as a vital investment in long-lasting apparel – apparel in
which you can have complete confidence, backed by our one-year
workmanship guarantee.*
Unequaled Selection
On top of our experience and quality, Workrite offers the broadest
product mix with more styles, colors and sizes than anyone in the
industry.
It’s no wonder that 75 percent of our customers choose Workrite
for at least 90 percent of their FR needs – proof positive that our
comprehensive selection serves as a sole source for clientele in a
variety of industries.
Knowledgeable Service
With online ordering capabilities, a national sales force and
distribution centers to efficiently service the country, Workrite
makes it easy for customers to purchase FR apparel.
We also make it easy to get help with sizing along with garment
evaluations that include free wear trials. Our experienced
customer service and sales staff can help you with the logistical
aspects of an FR program, including recommended number
of garments per person, shipping specifics, name tags and
laundering instructions.
And Workrite can set up and manage an employee clothing
allowance program for you in a way that makes sense for your
company, keeping track of authorized purchases by garment,
cost, location and employee.
Tailored Flexibility
In addition to offshore facilities, Workrite has an owned and
operated manufacturing site in the United States.
This gives us the flexible capabilities of a smaller regional
manufacturer as well as the volume capacity of the biggest
suppliers in the industry.
So whether you field 50 or 5,000 employees, our manufacturing
process provides garments quickly and efficiently to
accommodate all FR needs including special orders, customization
desires, and non-stock requests.
Enterprising Leadership
With a full-time technical staff, our participation in industry
standards organizations ensures we stay keenly aware of
pertinent safety requirements, because oftentimes we help
develop them.
Having been a leader in flame-resistant apparel for over 35 years,
we have forged long-term strategic relationships with key industry
suppliers. They work closely with us, sharing the newest in FR
fiber and fabric technologies. In many cases, we are involved at
the ground-floor level of the development process, ensuring our
customers remain at the forefront of FR garment innovation and
performance.
Welcome to flame-resistant leadership
®
TRUSTED SINCE 1973
* Guarantee covers all workmanship defects resulting from normal
wear within one year of purchase, for garments laundered per our
instructions. Workrite will determine whether a returned garment is to
be repaired or replaced. Apparel color shifting or fading is excluded.
Workrite is backed by Williamson-Dickie Mfg. Co., the largest men’s workwear manufacturer in the world.
UNIFORM
UNIFORMCOMPANY
COMPANY
FLAME-RESISTANT FABRICS
FOR FLASH FIRE AND
ELECTRIC-ARC PROTECTION
The wide variety of flame-resistant fabrics
on the market today can be confusing.
Each fabric has a balance of properties
that may make it best suited for a specific
wearer and application including cost, wear
life, comfort, protection, color selection
and availability.
The following guide is intended to help you
choose flame-resistant fabrics that make
the most sense for your operation.
Workrite is committed to providing any
technical assistance you may need to help
with your selection process. Just call us!
TABLE of CONTENTS
FR Fabrics Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
Coveralls & Overalls
4
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Shirts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12
Pants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
22
Outerwear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
30
Electric Utility Items
41
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Dickies ® FR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42
Hi-Visibility Workwear
46
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Women’s Wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
50
NFPA 70E Workwear
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56
www.workrite.com
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62
Garment Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
64
Size Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
65A
Style Numbers, Size Codes, and Colors
. . 65B
Nomex, Kevlar, and Protera are registered trademarks of DuPont. Comfort
Blend, Advance and Tecasafe are trademarks of TenCate. Indura, Ultra Soft
and Moda-Quilt are registered trademarks of Westex, Inc. CXP is a trademark
of Milliken & Company. Polartec is a trademark registered in the United
States and in other jurisdictions for fabrics available only from Malden Mills
Industries, Inc.Lenzing FR is a trademark of Lenzing AG. PBI Gold is a
registered trademark of PBI Performance Products Inc. Reliant is a registered
trademark of Innovative Textiles, Inc.
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Description
Description
AndAnd
Content
Content
®
®
Nomex
Nomex
IIIA
IIIA
Typical
Typical
Applications
Applications
Inherently
Inherently
flame-resistant
flame-resistant
fiber blend
fiber
of 93%
blend
Nomex,
of 93%
5%Nomex,
Kevlar 5%• Fire
Kevlar
service
• Fire service
stationstation
wear wear
and 2%
and
antistatic
2% antistatic
fiber. Nomex
fiber. Nomex
IIIA fiber
IIIAisfiber
made
is made
by DuPont.
by DuPont.
• Auto•racing,
Auto racing,
military
military
Inherently
Inherently
flame-resistant
flame-resistant
fiber blend
fiber
ofblend
65% Nomex
of 65%IIIA
Nomex
and IIIA and
Typical
Typical
Weights
Weights
2
) 2)
(oz/yd
(oz/yd
1
Shirts:Shirts:
4.5 and
4.56 and 6
Pants:Pants:
6 and 67.5
and 7.5
Coveralls:
Coveralls:
4.5 and
4.56 and 6
JacketsJackets:
: 6 oz. Outershell
6 oz. Outersh
9 oz. Insulation
9 oz. Insulatio
™ 35%
™ Lenzing
35% Lenzing
FR. Comfort
Blendby
is made
by, Inc.
TenCate
FR. Comfort
Blend is made
TenCate
Part, Inc.
of Part of
Comfort
Comfort
Blend
Blend
the Nomex
the Nomex
Comfortwear
Comfortwear
collection.
collection.
Shirts:Shirts:
4.5 4.5
flame-resistant
flame-resistant
fiber blend
fiber
of 93%
blend
Nomex,
of 93%
5%Nomex,
Kevlar 5% Kevlar
®
® Inherently
® Inherently
CXPCXP
of® Nomex
of Nomex
and 2%
and
antistatic
2% antistatic
fiber. CXP
fiber.isCXP
made
is made
by Milliken
by Milliken
& Company.
& Company.
Shirts:Shirts:
4.5 4.5
™
™
1
™ ™
Advance
Advance
Inherently
Inherently
flame-resistant
flame-resistant
blend of 40%
blend
Nomex
of 40%
andNomex
60% Kevlar.
and 60%
Kevlar.
• Welding
• Welding
™
™
Advance
Advance
is made
is made
by TenCate
by TenCate
Protection
Protection
Fabrics.
Fabrics.
Coveralls:
Coveralls:
7
7
™ ™
WESTEX
WESTEX
®
®
Indura
Indura
Flame-resistant
Flame-resistant
100% 100%
cotton.cotton.
InduraIndura
fabric fabric
is made
is made
by by • Electric
• Electric
arc arc
Westex,
Westex,
Inc. Inc.
• Welding,
• Welding,
steel and
steelferrous
and ferrous
metalsmetals
Shirts:Shirts:
7 and 79.5
and 9.5
Pants:Pants:
9.5, 12,9.5,
and12,14and 1
Coveralls:
Coveralls:
9.5 9.5
™ ™
WESTEX
WESTEX
®
®
Ultra
Ultra
SoftSoft
®
®
PBIPBI
Gold
Gold
®
®
Protera
Protera
Flame-resistant
Flame-resistant
88% cotton
88% cotton
and 12%
andnylon
12% nylon
blend.blend.
Ultra Soft
Ultrafabric
Soft fabric
is made
is made
by Westex,
by Westex,
Inc. Inc.
WovenWoven
Shirts:Shirts:
5.5 and
5.57 and 7
• Electric
• Electric
arc arc
Knits Knits
6
6
• Welding,
• Welding,
steel and
steelferrous
and ferrous
metalsmetals
Pants:Pants:
9.5 and
9.512and 12
• Military
• Military
Coveralls:
Coveralls:
7 and 79.5
and 9.5
Duck Cloth:
Duck Cloth:
11 11
Inherently
Inherently
flame-resistant
flame-resistant
fiber blendfiber
of 40%
blend
polybenzimidizole
of 40% polybenzimidizole
and 60%
andKevlar.
60% PBI
Kevlar.
fiberPBI
is made
fiber by
is made
PBI Performance
by PBI Performance
Products, Products,
Inc.; Kevlar
Inc.; Kevlar
fiber isfiber
made
is made
by DuPont.
by DuPont.
Coveralls:
Coveralls:
4.5 4.5
Inherently
Inherently
flame-resistant
flame-resistant
fiber blend
fiber
of 65%
blend
modacrylic,
of 65% modacrylic,
23%
23%
Nomex,
Nomex,
10% Kevlar
10%and
Kevlar
2% and
antistatic
2% antistatic
fiber. Protera
fiber.is Protera
made byis made
• Electric
by• Electric
arc arc
DuPont.
DuPont.
Shirts:Shirts:
6.5 6.5
Pants:Pants:
8
8
Coveralls:
Coveralls:
6.5 and
6.58 and 8
BlendBlend
of 48%ofmodacrylic,
48% modacrylic,
37% Lyocell,
37% Lyocell,
15% Para
15%Aramid
Para Aramid
for for
the 7 oz.
theweight.
7 oz. weight.
A blend A
ofblend
45% modacrylic,
of 45% modacrylic,
35% Lyocell,35%
15%Lyocell, 15%
Meta Aramid
Meta Aramid
and 5%
and
Para
5%Aramid
Para Aramid
for thefor
8.5the
oz.8.5
Tecasafe
oz. Tecasafe
fabric fabric
is made
is made
by Tencate™,
by Tencate™,
Inc. Inc.
Shirts:Shirts:
7
7
Pants:Pants:
8.5 8.5
Coveralls:
Coveralls:
7
7
Tecasafe
Tecasafe
PlusPlus
®
®
™ ™
Reliant
Reliant
BlendBlend
of 10 oz.
of 10
67%
oz.Modacrylic,
67% Modacrylic,
29% Cotton,
29% Cotton,
4% Polyester.
4% Polyester.
ReliantReliant
sweatshirt
sweatshirt
fabric fabric
is made
is made
by Innovative
by Innovative
Textiles,
Textiles,
Inc. Inc.
* Assuming recommended laundering and use procedures are followed.
1
2
Typical fabric weights and colors used by Workrite. Others available upon request.
Subjective ranking.
Sweatshirt:
Sweatshirt:
10 10
FR FABRICS
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AND
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LECTRIC -A-A
RCRCP ROTECTION
P ROTECTION
Common
Common Initial
Initial
LifeLife
CostCost
Colors
Colors Price
Price
3
1
1
2
3
2
haki,Khaki,
Light Blue,
Light Blue,
vy, Orange,
Navy, Orange,
Red, Red, High High
al,Royal,
Spruce,
Spruce,
YellowYellow
Estimated
Estimated
Wear
Wear
LifeLife
4
Comments
Comments
4
Low Low
3 - 5 years
3 - 5 years
™ Nomex
® IIIA brand
® IIIA brand
Garments
Garments
mademade
of DuPont
of™DuPont
Nomex
fiber offer
fibersuperior
offer superior
durability
durability
and provides
and provides
permanent
permanent
flame
flame
resistance
resistance
thatthat
won’t
won’t
wash
wash
or wear
oraway.
wear* away.
Not*suitable
Not suitable
for molten
for molten
metal,metal,
dedicated
dedicated
welding
welding
or or
chemical
chemical
barrierbarrier
protection
protection
applications.
applications.
Denim,
Denim,
Khaki Khaki
High High
Moderately
Moderately
Low Low
2 - 4 years
2 - 4 years
Improved
comfort
performance
compared
to Nomex.
Very good
Improved
comfort
performance
compared
to Nomex.
Very good
protection.
Not suitable
for molten
dedicated
welding
protection.
Not suitable
for molten
metal,metal,
dedicated
welding
nor nor
chemical
protection
applications.
chemical
barrierbarrier
protection
applications.
Midnight
haki,Khaki,
Midnight
Navy Navy
High High
Low Low
3 - 5 years
3 - 5 years
Improved
Improved
comfort
comfort
and durability
and durability
overover
other
other
FR FR
products.
products.Not
Notsuitable
suitable
for molten
for molten
metal,metal,
dedicated
dedicated
welding
welding
nor chemical
nor chemical
barrier
barrier
protection
protection
applications.
applications.
Very High
Very High
Low Low
3 - 5 years
3 - 5 years
For welding
applications.
For welding
applications.
Moderately
High High
Moderately
1 - 1.51years
- 1.5 years
FabricsFabrics
feel very
feelsimilar
very similar
to 100%
to 100%
cotton,cotton,
and are
and
guaranteed
are guaranteed
flame flame
resistant
resistant
for thefor
lifethe
of life
theof
garment.*
the garment.*
BrownBrown
Duck, Duck,
Chambray,
Chambray,
Charcoal
Charcoal
Gray, Gray,
Denim,
Moderately
Moderately
Denim,
Khaki,Khaki, Moderately
Low LowModerately
Low Low
Medium
Medium
Blue, Blue,
Navy,Royal,
Red, Royal,
avy, Red,
Silver Silver
Gray Gray
2 - 3 years
2 - 3 years
Soft feel
Softorfeel
“hand;”
or “hand;”
improves
improves
comfort;
comfort;
enhanced
enhanced
wear
wear
lifelife
compared
comparedtoto
100% 100%
cotton;
cotton;
guaranteed
guaranteed
flameflame
resistant
resistant
for the
forlife
theoflife
theofgarment.*
the garment.*
Natural
Natural
Very High
rownish-yellow)
(brownish-yellow) Very High
High High
2 - 4 years
2 - 4 years
Available
Available
in its one
in itsnatural
one natural
color only;
colorcolor
only;darkens
color darkens
in UV light.
in UV light.
ki Khaki
, Medium
Blue, Blue,Moderate
, Medium
Moderate
Navy Navy
Moderate
Moderate
Est. 3 -Est.
4 years
MeetsMeets
NFPA NFPA
70E HRC
with2improved
comfort
and durability.
Not Not
3 - 4 years
70E2HRC
with improved
comfort
and durability.
(new product;
no long-term
suitable
for molten
metal,metal,
dedicated
welding
nor chemical
barrierbarrier
(new product;
no long-term
suitable
for molten
dedicated
welding
nor chemical
wear experience)
applications.
wear experience) protection
protection
applications.
aki,Khaki,
Navy, Royal,
Navy, Royal,
Moderate
uorescent
YellowYellow Moderate
Fluorescent
Moderate
Moderate
70E2HRC
with comfort
Est. 3 -Est.
4 years
MeetsMeets
NFPA NFPA
70E HRC
with2comfort
and durability.
and durability.
Not suitable
Not suitable
3 - 4 years
(new product;
no long-term
for molten
for molten
metal,metal,
dedicated
dedicated
welding
welding
or chemical
or chemical
barrierbarrier
protection
protection
(new product;
no long-term
wear experience)
applications.
wear experience) applications.
uorescent
YellowYellow Moderate
Fluorescent
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
Est. 3 -Est.
4 years
MeetsMeets
NFPA NFPA
70E HRC2
with improved
comfort
and durability.
Not Not
3 - 4 years
70E HRC2
with improved
comfort
and durability.
(new product;
no long-term
suitable
for molten
metal,metal,
dedicated
welding
or chemical
barrierbarrier
(new product;
no long-term
suitable
for molten
dedicated
welding
or chemical
wear experience)
applications.
wear experience) protection
protection
applications.
Navy Navy
Denim,
Denim,
Khaki,Khaki,
Medium
Medium
Blue, Blue,
Medium
Gray, Navy, Low Low
dium
Gray, Navy,
Orange,
Orange,
Royal Royal
3
4
“Life Cost” refers to the expected expenditures for FR clothing over the life of a program. For example, if a garment has a high
up-front cost but a long wear life, the actual program cost is low.
Actual garment life varies greatly and depends on conditions of use. Workrite makes no warranty regarding the wear life of
flame-resistant fabrics. “Wear Life” estimates are based on following the manufacturer’s recommended handling procedures.