The implementation of strict regulations and policies regarding occupational safety and health in several countries in the recent times has positively impacted the sales of personal protective equipment. Moreover, with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rising awareness among people about personal safety, the demand for personal protective equipment is growing massively across the world. In many countries, the rising incidence of workplace fatalities, especially in the manufacturing sector, is rapidly becoming a major concern.
In the U.S., the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has laid down several codes of federal regulations (CFR), which make it mandatory for the employers to enact stringent safety regulations in their workplaces for protecting their employees from various hazards that can cause deaths and injuries. The prominent CFRs include the usage of head protection, face and eye protection, electrical protective equipment, hand protection, and foot protection. The non-compliance of these regulations can attract huge fines and penalties.
Due to the aforementioned reasons, the sales of personal protective equipment are rising sharply all over the world, which is, in turn, causing the expansion of the global personal protective equipment market. Oil and gas, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, and construction are the major industries in which these protective tools are heavily required, as per the findings of P&S Intelligence, a market research firm based in India. Globally, the sales of these instruments are significantly high in the U.S.
Thus, it is quite clear that due to the growing enactment of stringent workplace safety regulations and policies in several countries, the rising public awareness of personal safety, and the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for personal protective equipment is rising at a rapid pace throughout the world.
