Justification for not allowing Capris and Shorts to the knees

Inquiring minds want to know why they cannot wear capris/shorts to the knees:

 

I went to a food manufacturing plant-They do jelly and jams and i noticed they wear capris/shorts to the knees. Our facility is a dry manufacturing facility and we wear long coats with long sleeves and require the teams to wear pants? I do not see anything in the SQF Policy stating they have to wear long pants. I would appreciate any help i can get.

 

Thank you so much

This is a hot button topic on this site.
You should be able to search on the site and get a LOT of opinions.

Run a risk analysis to determine what could happen due to exposure, etc.

 

Good chance it would be ok.

I require folks in our manufacturing facility to wear full leg covering.  This is for their protection- dealing with hot liquids, chemicals, glass... pants do create one extra barrier for something to penetrate before harming you.  That reasoning seems to be enough around here.

Inquiring minds want to know why they cannot wear capris/shorts to the knees:

 

I went to a food manufacturing plant-They do jelly and jams and i noticed they wear capris/shorts to the knees. Our facility is a dry manufacturing facility and we wear long coats with long sleeves and require the teams to wear pants? I do not see anything in the SQF Policy stating they have to wear long pants. I would appreciate any help i can get.

 

Thank you so much

Hi Stacys,

 

This is one of the "perennials" :smile:

 

Can sample these posts/threads -

 

https://www.ifsqn.co...sk/#entry184827

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