“They had to change up to 600 power poles in the North Coast region of New South Wales, so we basically did a deal with one of our local distributors on our new product Mercuro, and offered that to the guys involved in the replacement of poles as recognition for their work. “Internationally, Australia has been in the spotlight for what is going on, so it is the least Bollé Safety could do to help our local communities during that time.” Not long after the Australian bushfire crisis started to settle down, Bollé Safety was hit with more unique requirements as the knowledge of the coronavirus evolved and reached Australia.
Bollé Safety has provided relief to communities affected by the Australian bushfires.
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© Bollé Safety – F Bourcier. Bollé Safety’s Cobra model.
“Rolling into what’s going on globally with the coronavirus outbreak, it’s having a fair impact on goggle requirements,” Yuile explains. Despite interruption from these exceptional events, Bollé Safety is continuing to focus on its usual areas within the safety industry, ensuring people are protected at work. While hand and finger injuries might be more common in industrial and resource fields, Yuile says eye injuries are a larger concern, as the consequences if something goes wrong are far more dire. “The most common injury in the industry is hands and fingers,” he says. “That’s because you’re touching, feeling and picking things up and your hands can get squashed. “You can still function if you have a hand injury but if you lose an eye, you never get that back.” The importance of eye health is the company’s priority as it sets out to continue developing new products throughout 2020, including a product range launch during May. Although Bollé Safety is globally recognised for its safety culture, Yuile says staying locally minded and dedicated to looking after the company’s clients is the basis of its success.
The Baxter safety glasses by Bollé Safety.
“The brand is big, there’s no doubt about it,” he says. “But if you don’t have quality people it doesn’t matter how big your brand is; Bollé is what it is because of our people. “If someone goes to work, we need them to get home, be safe and have their eyesight in check no matter what industry they work in.”