This can cause some really serious problems down the line...... 

When companies are using products for long periods of time sometimes this can be at the cost of procuring items that offer better and improved protection. 

Over time this can lead to increased exposure to risks for the team’s operatives. 

This relative drop in protection can have several outcomes: 

• Higher potential for accidents in the workplace. 
• Accidents or even incidents lead to down-time and extra time needing to be spent on paperwork and reporting. 
• As wells as these immediate outcomes there are also the long-term outcomes of any lasting injuries to the workers as well as any ensuing legal cases that may be made. 
• Lower or inferior worker comfort. 

• In some cases when workers are uncomfortable, they may resort to wearing the equipment they’ve been provided with incorrectly, this can sometimes lead to them being exposed to more risk of injury. 

The most immediate outcome of any of these scenarios is the hassle and wasted time caused to the line manager, operations manager and purchaser.