Personal Protective Equipment The Dos and Donts Points
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Personal Protective Equipment The Do’s and Dont’s
Points of Discussion • Wrong PPE for specific hazards • Lack of training on proper use of PPE • No physical screening of employees for PPE use • Improper maintenance of PPE
PPE Selection • Conduct a hazard assessment of all tasks performed by employees • What are the hazards of the job?
PPE Selection • SDS recommendations • Equipment manufacturer recommendations • OSHA requirements • Recommendations from an advisory or a consensus standards group • Previous claims
Hardhats
Challenges and Solutions • • • Selection Overhead activity Inspection Expiration Care
Eye Protection
What to Wear? • • Caustic chemicals? Chainsaw? Cutting and grinding? Welding? Blood products Dust? UV treatment units?
Challenges and Solutions • • Dirty googles Scratched glasses Broken welding lens Poor fitting glasses
Chainsaw Gear
When Do I have to Wear Gear? • Every time you operate a chainsaw!
Hearing Protection
Challenges and Solutions • • Dirty ear muffs Reuse disposables Wrong NRR Won’t wear hearing protection
What to Wear? • Chainsaw work? • Blower room at 100 decibels? • Mower at 70 decibels?
Gloves
What to Wear? • • Chemicals? Blood products? Electrical work? Garbage bags? Metal fabrication? Animal control? Searching suspect?
Safety Shoes and Boots
What to Wear? • • Chemicals? Electrical work? Construction site? Metal fabrication? Concrete work? Weed whacking? Water main break?
Respirators
Challenges and Solutions • • • Selection Storage Inspection Screening Fit-testing
What to Wear? • • Dust Gas Chlorine Paint Chrome welding
High Visibility PPE
Challenges and Solutions • Selecting class of Hi. Viz • Care of clothing • Forget to wear
Wearer/Activities Class 1: Workers where traffic does not exceed 25 mph and there is ample separation from the traffic. These workers often include parking service attendants, warehouse workers in traffic, shopping cart retrievers and those doing sidewalk maintenance. Garment Class Type Class 1: Garment must be relatively conspicuous, with background material equal to 217 in. in total area and retroreflective bands not less than 25 mm wide. Class 2: Workers who work near roadways where traffic Class 2: Greater visibility than the Class 1 garments. exceeds 25 mph and workers who need greater visibility Background material must equal 755 in. , and the in inclement weather. In general, railway workers, minimum width of retroreflective bands is 35 mm. school crossing guards, parking and toll gate personnel, airport ground crews and law enforcement personnel directing traffic. Class 3: Workers with high task loads in a wide range of weather conditions where traffic exceeds 50 mph. The standard recommends these garments for all roadway construction personnel, vehicle operators, utility workers, survey crews, emergency responders, railway workers and accident site investigators. Class 3: Superior visibility–the highest level of conspicuity. Background material must total 1240 in. Garment must have sleeves with retroreflective material between the shoulders and elbows. The width of retroreflective bands shall not be less than 50 mm wide. Class E: When high-visibility pants are worn without other high-visibility garments, they are considered Class E. When pants are added to Class 2 or 3 garments, the ensemble is considered Class 3.
Seatbelts
Body Armor
Challenges and Solutions • Have a policy • What do we have to provide? • Train on policy • Enforce policy!
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