Call me crazy, but this just blew me away. And once again we find ourselves faced with an “industry practice” vs. “RAGAGEP”. We were at a facility several years ago where pieces of equipment are painted and this painting is a huge pride of the manufacturing sector and hence they have some very tight QA controls around the painting process. This industry uses 99% Polyester and 1% carbon fiber garments to control static generation by the workers in the painting process. These 99% Polyester and 1% Carbon Fiber garments are used worldwide in “clean room” applications, but there is just one small difference (sarcasm)… the clean rooms where they are used are NOT a hazardous location (e.g. flammable atmospheres). So let’s look at the concerns from using the garment made of 99% Polyester and 1% Carbon Fiber in a Hazardous Location (HAZLOC)…