NEBOSH National General

Certificate in Occupational
Safety and Health
Personal Protective Equipment

LEARNING OUTCOMES
types, uses and limitations of main kinds of
personal protective equipment
main requirements of the Personal
Protective Equipment at Work Regulations
1992

CONTROL PHILOSOPHY
Source

Transmission Receiver

Elimination

Shielding

Remove worker

Substitution

Distance

Reduce exposure

Enclosure

Dilution ventilation Enclose worker

Process change
LEV

Reduce no of
workers
Personal protective
equipment

PERSONAL PROTECTION
Type of Protection
effectiveness against
particular hazard
footware/chemicals
RPE/contaminants

Level of Protection

performance
fit
training
supervision
maintenance
acceptibility

PROTECTION OF PARTS OF
THE BODY (I)
Head and Neck
Hazard:
-

impact
splashes/ contamination
entanglement

Protection:
- helmets
- bump caps
- hoods

Eyes
Hazard:
-

chemicals/splash
radiation
gas/vapour
dust
projectiles
welding

Protection:
-

different protection grades

range of equipment
- spectacles/goggles/face shields

PROTECTION OF PARTS OF
THE BODY (II)
Hearing
Hazard:
noise induced hearing loss

Protection
ear plugs/ear defenders

Feet and Legs

Hazard:
Crushing/slipping/punctures
hot metal/chemical splash

Protection:
gaiters, leggings, spats
reinforced safety footwear
boots/wellingtons

Hand and Arms

Hazard:

high/low temperature
rough handling work
chemicals/biological
hazards

Protection:

low thermal
conductivity fabrics
terrycloth/leather
gloves/gauntlets
PVC/neoprene gloves

RESPIRATORY
PROTECTION
Respirators

Breathing Apparatus

fresh air hose

apparatus
compressed airline
apparatus
self-contained
apparatus

filtering face-piece
ori-nasal/half mask
full-face/canister
powered clean air
powered visor

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT AT WORK
REGULATIONS 1992

suitability
compatibility
assessment
maintenance
replacement

cleaning
accommodation
information,
instruction, training
use
reporting loss or
defect