Personal Protective Equipment also abbreviated as PPE refers to all those protective clothing, goggles, helmets or other garments crafted to safeguard the wearer’s body from infection or injury. Personal protective equipment are used to protect the user from various hazards like physical, heat, chemicals, electrical, airborne particulate matter and biohazards. The personal protective equipment can be worn for safety purposes, sports and recreational activities as well. Moreover, Personal protective equipment can impose a barrier between the wearer and the working environment. Thus the user is prone to witness additional stress and discomfort and weaken their ability to carry out their work. Thus ergonomically designed personal protective equipment can help to minimize such barriers and help in ensuring maximum safety and healthy working conditions.
However, PPE does not eliminate the risk of hazard completely and there are possibilities of user to get exposed to the hazard if the equipment fails.
The key market trends are customization in safety measures. Comfort in workforce is trending in the global personal protective equipment market. Fashionable protective equipment like goggles, extra featured fire wear, fancy protective footwear etc. are some other trends in the global personal protective equipment market.
Personal Protective Equipment Market: Drivers and Restraints
Advancement in technology is the key factor driving the growth of the global personal protection equipment market. Moreover, increasing awareness of workplace safety is another major factor playing a key role in driving the overall global personal protective equipment market. Rapid industrialization, increasing foreign investments and upcoming government regulations are also boosting the demand for the global personal protective equipment market.