Simon Safety

Simon Safety, PPE and workplace safety supply in the UK

Simon Safety presents itself as a British supplier of personal protective equipment (PPE), workwear and workplace safety products. Its catalogue covers a wide range of items for the protection and equipping of workers in different professional environments.

Personal protective equipment

The company distributes protection for different parts of the body and specific risks:

• Eye and face protection: safety goggles, prescription safety glasses, overglasses, spectacle accessories, visors and face shields, welding protection.
• Respiratory protection: full face masks, half masks, powered air purifying respirators (PAPR), semi-disposable respirators, escape filters and accessories.
• Hearing protection: banded ear plugs, disposable ear plugs, ear defenders, integrated communications and helmet-mounted protection.
• Head protection: safety helmets, bump caps, accessories and helmet liners.
• Gloves: cut resistance (levels B, C, D, E and F), chemical gloves (butyl, latex, neoprene, nitrile, PVA, PVC), general purpose gloves (light, medium and heavy duty), leather gloves, disposables (nitrile, rubber, vinyl), heat and molten metal protection, cut resistant, arc flash, chainsaw, electrical protection, cold, impact and vibration, and accessories.
• Safety footwear: metatarsal protection boots, rigger boots, safety boots, waterproof boots, chainsaw footwear, chemical resistant boots, electrical hazard footwear, ladies footwear, shoes and trainers, socks and accessories, wellingtons and waders.
• Protective clothing: flame retardant garments (accessories, base layers, coveralls, jackets, rainwear, shirts, sweatshirts, trousers, vests and bodywarmers), high visibility (coveralls, jackets, sweatshirts, t-shirts and polo shirts, trousers, vests and bodywarmers), disposable clothing, chemical protection, cold protection, rainwear (jackets and trousers, two piece sets), specialist clothing and general workwear (coveralls, fleeces, jackets, lab and food coats, shirts and blouses, trousers, sweaters and cardigans, sweatshirts and hoodies, t-shirts and polo shirts, vests and bodywarmers).
• Ladies specific clothing: coveralls, jackets, trousers, t-shirts and polo shirts, footwear and ladies PPE.
• Chainsaw protection: footwear, gloves, jackets and trousers.

Workplace safety and first aid

The catalogue includes workplace safety products such as fire extinguishers and their storage, fire blankets, first aid kits, blankets, burns care, dressings and bandages, eye care, plasters, sanitising floor mats, gas detection (multi gas and single gas), hand tools, industrial skin care (dispensers, cleanse, protect and restore), skin safety centres, hand sanitisers, working at height protection (accessories, fall limiters, harness kits, lanyards), road safety signage, spill control, adhesive and non-adhesive tapes, tarpaulins, torches and lighting, and winter equipment.

TravelJohn and exclusive distribution

Simon Safety identifies itself as the exclusive importer of TravelJohn for the UK and Ireland and main distributor in the UK. TravelJohn is a line of disposable urinals, with accessories, paper and plastic versions, and a starter kit.

Customisation and services

The company offers garment customisation services through embroidery, heat transfer and helmet stickers. It also has a face fit testing service and a lifejacket servicing service. For professional customers, it offers the possibility of requesting a trade account.

Other catalogue categories

In addition to PPE and clothing, the catalogue includes cleaning and janitorial products: cleaning chemicals, air fresheners, floor and hard surface cleaning, kitchen, washroom and bathroom, cleaning machines and consumables, vacuum cleaners, cleaning tools (brooms, brushes, mops and buckets), dispensers, hand dryers, laundry, paper products (hand towels, napkins, paper wipers, tissues, toilet rolls), refuse and waste management and recycling (small and standard bin liners), signage, and wiping products (cloth wipers, scourers and sponges, textile rags, wet wipes).

Featured promotions

The main page showed offers such as high visibility jackets from £18.25 and free delivery on orders over £100. It also advertised the exclusivity of TravelJohn as importer for the UK and Ireland.