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Personal Protective Equipment OSHA Office of Training and Education 1 Protecting Employees from Workplace Hazards Employers must protect employees from hazards such as falling objects, harmful substances, and noise exposures that can

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Personal Protective Equipment

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Protecting Employees from Workplace Hazards

  • Employers must protect employees from hazards

such as falling objects, harmful substances, and noise exposures that can cause injury

  • Employers must:
  • Use all feasible engineering and work practice

controls to eliminate and reduce hazards

  • Use personal protective equipment (PPE) if the

controls don’t eliminate the hazards.

  • PPE is the last level of control!
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Engineering Controls

If . . .

The work environment can be physically changed to prevent employee exposure to the potential hazard,

Then . . .

The hazard can be eliminated with an engineering control

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Engineering Controls

  • Initial design specifications
  • Substitute less harmful material
  • Change process
  • Enclose process
  • Isolate process

Examples . . .

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Work Practice Controls

If . . .

Employees can change the way they do their jobs and the exposure to the potential hazard is removed,

Then . . .

The hazard can be eliminated with a work practice control

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Work Practice Controls -- Examples

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Responsibilities

  • Employer
  • Assess workplace for hazards
  • Provide PPE
  • Determine when to use
  • Provide PPE training for employees and

instruction in proper use

  • Employee
  • Use PPE in accordance with training

received and other instructions

  • Inspect daily and maintain in a clean and

reliable condition

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Examples of PPE

Eye safety glasses, goggles Face face shields Head hard hats Feet safety shoes Hands and arms gloves Bodies vests Hearing earplugs, earmuffs

Body Part Protection

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PPE Program

  • Includes procedures for selecting,

providing and using PPE

  • First -- assess the workplace to determine

if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of PPE

  • After selecting PPE, provide training to

employees who are required to use it

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Training

  • Why it is necessary
  • How it will protect them
  • What are its limitations
  • When and how to wear
  • How to identify signs of wear
  • How to clean and disinfect
  • What is its useful life & how

is it disposed If employees are required to use PPE, train them:

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Head Protection

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Causes of Head Injuries

  • Falling objects such

as tools

  • Bumping head

against objects, such as pipes or beams

  • Contact with

exposed electrical wiring or components

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Selecting the Right Hard Hat

Class A

  • General service (building construction, shipbuilding,

lumbering)

  • Good impact protection but limited voltage protection

Class B

  • Electrical / Utility work
  • Protects against falling objects and high-voltage

shock and burns

Class C

  • Designed for comfort, offers limited protection
  • Protects against bumps from fixed objects, but does

not protect against falling objects or electrical shock

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Eye Protection

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When must Eye Protection be Provided?

When any of these hazards are present:

  • Dust and other flying particles, such as

metal shavings or sawdust

  • Corrosive gases, vapors, and liquids
  • Molten metal that may splash
  • Potentially infectious materials such as

blood or hazardous liquid chemicals that may splash

  • Intense light from welding and lasers
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Eye Protection

Criteria for Selection

  • Protects against specific hazard(s)
  • Comfortable to wear
  • Does not restrict vision or movement
  • Durable and easy to clean and disinfect
  • Does not interfere with the function of
  • ther required PPE
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Eye Protection for Employees Who Wear Eyeglasses

Ordinary glasses do not provide the required protection Proper choices include:

  • Prescription glasses with side shields and protective

lenses

  • Goggles that fit comfortably over corrective glasses

without disturbing the glasses

  • Goggles that incorporate corrective lenses mounted

behind protective lenses

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Safety Glasses

  • Made with metal/plastic safety frames
  • Most operations require side shields
  • Used for moderate impact from particles

produced by jobs such as carpentry, woodworking, grinding, and scaling

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Goggles

  • Protects eyes and area around the eyes

from impact, dust, and splashes

  • Some goggles fit over corrective lenses
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Laser Safety Goggles

Protects eyes from intense concentrations

  • f light produced by lasers
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Face Shields

  • Full face protection
  • Protects face from dusts and splashes or sprays
  • f hazardous liquids
  • Does not protect from impact hazards
  • Wear safety glasses or goggles underneath
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Welding Shields

Protects eyes against burns from radiant light Protects face and eyes from flying sparks, metal spatter, & slag chips produced during welding, brazing, soldering, and cutting

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Hearing Protection

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Hearing Protection

When it’s not feasible to reduce the noise or its duration – use ear protective devices Ear protective devices must be fitted

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When Must Hearing Protection be Provided?

After implementing engineering and work practice controls When an employee’s noise exposure exceeds an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) sound level of 90 dBA

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Earmuffs Earplugs Canal Caps

Examples of Hearing Protectors

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Foot Protection

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When Must Foot Protection be Provided?

When any of these are present:

  • Heavy objects such as barrels or tools

that might roll onto or fall on employees’ feet

  • Sharp objects such as nails or spikes that

might pierce ordinary shoes

  • Molten metal that might splash on feet
  • Hot or wet surfaces
  • Slippery surfaces
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Safety Shoes

  • Impact-resistant toes and

heat-resistant soles protect against hot surfaces common in roofing and paving

  • Some have metal insoles to

protect against puncture wounds

  • May be electrically conductive

for use in explosive atmospheres, or nonconductive to protect from workplace electrical hazards

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Hand Protection

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When Must Hand Protection be Provided?

  • Burns
  • Bruises
  • Abrasions
  • Cuts
  • Punctures
  • Fractures
  • Amputations
  • Chemical Exposures

When any of these are present:

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What Kinds of Protective Gloves are Available?

  • Durable gloves made of metal mesh, leather, or

canvas

  • Protects from cuts, burns, heat
  • Fabric and coated fabric gloves
  • Protects from dirt and abrasion
  • Chemical and liquid resistant gloves
  • Protects from burns, irritation, and dermatitis
  • Rubber gloves
  • Protects from cuts, lacerations, and abrasions
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Butyl provides the highest permeation resistance to gas or water vapors

Types of Rubber Gloves

Nitrile protects against solvents, harsh chemicals, fats and petroleum products and also provides excellent resistance to cuts and abrasions.

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Kevlar protects against cuts, slashes, and abrasion Stainless steel mesh protects against cuts and lacerations

Other Types of Gloves

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Body Protection

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Major Causes of Body Injuries

  • Intense heat
  • Splashes of hot metals and other hot

liquids

  • Impacts from tools, machinery, and

materials

  • Cuts
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Radiation
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Body Protection

Criteria for Selection

  • Provide protective clothing for parts of the

body exposed to possible injury

  • Types of body protection:
  • Vests
  • Aprons
  • Jackets
  • Coveralls
  • Full body suits

Coveralls

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Cooling Vest Sleeves and Apron

Body Protection

Full Body Suit

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Summary

  • Assess the workplace for hazards
  • Use engineering and work practice controls to

eliminate or reduce hazards before using PPE

  • Select appropriate PPE to protect employees from

hazards that cannot be eliminated

  • Inform employees why the PPE is necessary, how

and when it must be worn

  • Train employees how to use and care for their PPE,

including how to recognize deterioration and failure

  • Require employees to wear selected PPE

Employers must implement a PPE program where they: