Formal wear is a must in a work environment and construction sites are no different!
When talking of formal attire, the first image that comes to our mind is a tucked in shirt with belted pants and formal shoes.
However things are a bit different in construction than from other office attires, like tucking your shirts in is not only for giving you the formal look in construction, but also for protecting you from several hazards and dirt that are part and parcel of the construction sites.
Still, if you are someone who doesn’t like tucking their shirts in and if you like to present yourself as someone fashionable, know that construction is not the place to flaunt your style or be comfortable as it might pose severe hazards for you.
Let’s have a look into some issues of tucking your shirts in the construction:
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- Reasons why construction workers tuck their shirts in
- Pros and cons of tucking your shirts in
- Is it mandatory to tuck your shirts in construction?
- Alternatives to tucking your shirts in
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Reasons why construction workers tuck their shirts in
Construction is a place where the surrounding is not very safe and hygienic. It’s all dusty all around and also full of other toxic chemicals which workers need to work with.
So, it becomes very important to maintain a certain dress code that is implemented for the overall protection of the workers and tucking in the shirts is one of them.
So, let’s have a look at the reasons why that is important:
1.) The dust is all around the construction site. So, if you do not tuck your shirts in, possibilities are the dust will enter your body and you won’t feel working in that condition for the entire day. It can even lead to skin allergies in the long run.
2.) You need to work with wet concrete in the construction. Your shirts can take it but not your skin. Tucking your shirts in will save you from any possibility of the wet concrete entering your body while working with it.
3.) Toxic chemicals are another source of hazard that can be prevented by tucking your shirts in by covering your entire body. That’s because open shirts can give way to toxic chemicals touching your body.
4.) The next reason why you should tuck your shirts in is you need to bend and move your body in different directions while working in construction and tucking your shirts in will give you a comfortable feel while working.
5.) The last reason is it gives you a formal look which is very important in a work environment.
Pros of tucking your shirts in while working in a construction site:
1.) Clothes that keep hanging from your body aren’t comfortable to work with.
2.) Tucking your shirts in will save you from making your body dirty with the dust and dirt all around.
3.) It will save you from the sunburn from working out in the heat.
4.) It will save you from any toxic substances and wet cement making contact with your skin.
Cons of tucking your shirts in while working in a construction site:
1.) Tucking your shirts can make you feel hot and thus you can sweat more
2.) Tucking your shirt means you have to wear a belt and during work in construction you need to bend a lot, be it for flooring or laying the concrete or cutting wood, belts will pinch and pork your waist and that’s very uncomfortable
3.) Wearing belts for tucking your shirts can cause pain after a tiresome day and the belted area will accumulate sweat and can cause rashes
Is it mandatory to tuck your shirts in while in the construction site?
Yes, in the US almost all the construction sites have made it mandatory for its workers to tuck their shirts in during the work.
This is not only a dress code for maintaining the decorum of the construction companies, but it for the general safety of the construction workers because open shirts or hanging shirts can pose certain hazards for the workers as we have discussed above.
Alternatives to tucking your shirts in the construction
If you are not comfortable in wearing tucked in shirts during the construction works, there are certainly alternatives and better attires for protecting yourself from the construction site hazards as well as from saving you from the discomfort.
Instead of wearing tucked in shirts, you can wear coveralls or overalls, as per the company norms you are in.
The advantage of overalls and coveralls over tucked in shirts is that you don’t have to wear a belt or wear separate attires for covering each part of your body.
Wearing a coverall or overall will protect each and every part of your body while being airy and comfortable at the same time.
And it’s a wrap!
That’s all folks for the day!
It’s always better to follow the company norms as it’s for your safety itself and compromising comfort over safety is acceptable!
Hope you enjoyed reading this article. Stay tuned for more exciting pieces and till then…..
Take care and keep yourself safe and protected for you near and dear ones!
