L9 - Personal Protective Equipment

Personal protective equipment

Any physical material/equipment that is placed between the employee and workplace hazards to reduce injury potential of the hazard

Minimize exposure

PPE is equipment worn to —- to serious workplace injuries and illnesses

True

T/F: PPE is considered the least effective measure

When hazards cannot be sufficiently abated/removed

When to use PPE?

Managers, supervisors, and employees

Who should be involved in selecting PPE?

Management

Their responsibilities include:

• Providing PPE and training for personnel

• Post areas requiring PPE with signs

Ensure full compliance of responsibilities of employees, set forth in the safety program and/or policies

Supervisors

Their responsibilities include:

• Ensure that appropriate PPE is available to employees

• Ensure PPE is properly used

Employees

Their responsibilities include:

Use PPE in accordance with instruction and training received

Guard against damage to PPE

Care for PPE properly

Follow safe work practices while working with hazardous materials and wastes

Rule 1080, 1080.1

Every Employer Shall at his own expense furnish his workers with

protective equipment for the eyes, face, hands and feet,

protective shields and barriers whenever necessary by

reason of the hazardous nature of the process or

environment, chemical or radiological or other mechanical

irritants or hazards capable of causing injury or

impairment in the function of any part of the body through

absorption, inhalation or physical contact.

Suspension system

Includes headband and straps on the side of the hat; this absorbs and distributes the force of impact

Outer shell

Protects the head from sharp objects, such as falling tool. It absorbs the force of impact, since its somewhat flexible

Chin strap

Secured the hard hat to the wearers head

Brim

Redirects the direction of falling objects

ANSI Z89.1

Classes of safety helmets

Class g

General service; limited voltage protection

Class e

Utility service, high voltage protection

Class c

Special service, no voltage protection

American National Standards Institute

ANSI

90 decibels; 8hr

You should wear a hearing protection device whenever you are exposed to noise that is —- or greater for an —- period of time

85-90dB

permissible noise exposure for 8hrs

92dB

permissible noise exposure for 6hrs

95dB

permissible noise exposure for 5hrs

97db

permissible noise exposure for 3hrs

100db

permissible noise exposure for 2hrs

102db

1 and a half hours

105db

permissible noise exposure for 1hr

110db

permissible noise exposure for half hour

115db

permissible noise exposure for 8hrs Quarter hour or less

Arms length rule

If 2 people (with no hearing impairment) have to raise their voices or shout to be heard in a distance of less than an arms length, the sound level is potentially hazardous

2 ft away

You need ear protection when u must raise your voice to be heard from —-

Respiratory protection

Is generally afforded by the proper selection and use of respirators

Z88.2-1059

ANSI for respiratory protection

Fall protection

Backup system planned for a worker who could lose his/her balance at height, in order to control or eliminate potential injury