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Anchor Safety Guide to Beards and Respiratory Protection

Tailored Respiratory Protection Solutions for Workers with Facial Hair

Over 35 Years of protecting businesses across industries

At Anchor Safety we offer you much more than simply Respiratory Protective Equipment. We offer you the benefit of over 35 years' experience in RPE for a huge variety of businesses.
We understand that protecting workers with beards from respiratory hazards can raise many issues, but we have the solutions than can solve your respiratory protection problems.



Custom Solutions for your BUSINESS needs

In this handy downloadable Guide to Beards and RPE, you can find a wealth of information about the best ways to protect the respiratory health of people with facial hair in your business, answering key questions such as:

  • Does facial hair compromise the effectiveness of their protection?
  • Can I ask my workforce to shave?
  • How does HSE expect businesses to protect bearded workers?

Plus, our Guide will offer you valuable advice on face fit testing, tell you who can wear full face masks and how often they need to shave, and importantly, how you can avoid having to ask your workforce to remove their beards.

Of course, you will also find details of all the respiratory equipment we have to offer, from trusted specialist partners such as Drager UK (also known as Draeger internationally), JSP and Pureflo. If you want further advice on respiratory protection, from simple disposable face masks to the full Drager X-plore 8000 series, with all the spares and parts needed to maintain them, our respiratory protection experts are always available to help you and ensure your compliance with all regulations.

Download our Guide to Beards and Respiratory Protection to find out more.



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Experts in Respiratory Protection

Our RPE specialists work with clients in high hazard environments to design and implement effective, safe and hassle-free RPE programmes, supporting with a range of customer needs:

  • Specialist technical expertise
  • RPE product supply and lifecycle management
  • Risk control and decontamination advice
  • Educational programmes and best practice
  • Consistency of compliance
  • Face fit testing and servicing

About Anchor Safety

Established in 1988 in Ipswich Suffolk, Anchor Safety is a leading PPE supplier, known for supplying a comprehensive range of innovative, high-quality products, backed by unrivalled customer care. All with prompt, personal service from friendly, knowledgeable team and efficient delivery.

At Anchor Safety we pride ourselves on our total integrity in our dealings with customers, suppliers and staff. We are committed to reducing your workplace exposures, to embedding a strong safety culture and to creating a safer working environment.


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We are able to cover all your respiratory protection needs for fast compliance, from standard FFP3 disposable face masks, to complete, ready to use PAPR kits. With a wide range of brands including Drager, BLS and 3M we can offer fully independent advice and a tailored solution for all businesses.

For more information and specialist support with your RPE requirements,
get in touch with our expert team.

Email: customer.care@anchorsafety.co.uk. Call: 0800 328 5028


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