Hand & Skin Care for Transport & Logistics in Namibia

Straight from the segmentation sheet: Penetone (summer), Elite (winter). Namibia’s winter air is cold and desert-dry; skin loses moisture, cracks open, and Penetone’s abrasive grit — perfect against summer grease — becomes genuinely painful, so crews stop washing properly. Switching to the gentler concentrated Elite for the cold months keeps compliance up. It is a two-line stock change in May and September that measurably reduces winter skin complaints.

Give them something faster than the diesel tin: a wall-mounted 20 L Penetone dispenser at the workshop exit, Magnus Waterless Hand Cleaner on the breakdown truck, and nitrile gloves issued so the grease never reaches skin in the first place. Diesel-washing persists where the proper cleaner lives in a locked store; put it where the habit happens and the habit changes. The dermatitis file thins accordingly.

Antisep 100 dispensers — drivers, loaders and visiting crews cycle through those touchpoints all day, and an alcohol antiseptic at the door is the cheapest illness-absence reducer a depot can buy. Refill from 5 L bulk rather than replacing retail bottles. Inside the crew block, Chemkleen at basins and showers covers the wash side; the segmentation sheet lists exactly this split for depot kitchens and offices.

Matched to the task: nitrile for the oil, fuel and solvent work (latex dissolves in exactly the substances a truck workshop handles most), heavier PVC gauntlets for acid and descaling jobs like the wash bay’s rim work, and general work gloves for the mechanical handling between. Issue them like PPE from stores rather than leaving them optional — the fitter who skips gloves for a two-minute job is the dermatitis file’s most reliable contributor.