EFPGC0701

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

1. POLICY: It is the policy of the Egyptian Navy Shipyard to provide employees with
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) that will protect employees from injury or illness at no
cost to the employees.

2. SCOPE: This procedure requires implementation at the Egyptian Navy Shipyard.

3. REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS:
A. Law #4
B. EOS Standard: Personal Protective Equipment (to be provided)
C. EOS Standard: Hearing Conservation (Draft Feb 07)

4. PROCEDURE:
A. General Requirements
(1) This procedure specifies the General Requirements for all PPE and specifically
detailed requirements for hearing conservation, head, feet, face, eyes, and hand and
body protection.
(2) PPE shall comply with standards approved by American National Standards
Institute (ANSI), Bureau of Standards or other recognized authority.
(3) All PPE will be marked to facilitate identification to the manufacturer.
(4) The Safety Coordinator will provide employees training on the proper use of PPE in
accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Employees will be required to
demonstrate an understanding of limits of PPE and the proper use. The Safety
Coordinator will certify in writing that the employee has received training and
demonstrated understanding or skill for use of the PPE.
(5) Supervisors and foremen will assure employees properly use PPE.
(6) Details on Respirator Protection will be provided in another procedure.
(7) Details on Hearing Protection will be provided in another procedure.

B. Head Protection:
(1) Employees and visitors working or visiting areas where there is potential injury
from moving Cranes or falling objects shall be provided and required to wear
protective helmets that comply with ANSI Z89.1-1986, “American National
Standard for Person Protection-Protective Head Wear for Industrial Workers-
Requirements”.
(2) Employees and visitors performing electrical work or being exposed to electrical
conductors which could contact the head are to wear ANSI Z89.1-1986, Type ABC
helmet for protection against electrical shock.

_____________________________ _______________________
Com. Magdy Abou Klila Date
Commanding Officer
Egyptian Navy Shipyard
 (3) Modifications or damage to helmets are not allowed. Any modifications, such as a
small hole to attach an emblem, will destroy the integrity of the shell, and the ANSI
specified protection will cease to exist. Any broken or cut straps will also prevent
the helmet from providing the ANSI designed protection. Decals must not be
allowed on helmets used by electrical workers as they could reduce or negate the
insulating properties for electrical shock.
(4) Where there is a risk of injury from hair entanglements in moving parts of
machinery, combustibles or toxic contaminants, employees shall confine their hair
to eliminate the hazard.

C. Eye and Face Protection:

(1) Employees and visitors exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten
metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors or
potentially injurious light radiation shall be provided and required to wear eye and
face protection that complies with ANSI Z87.1-1989, “American National Standard
Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection”.
(2) Where there are hazards from flying objects side protection that complies with
ANSI Z87.1-1989 must be provided. Detachable side protectors are acceptable if
they are in compliance with ANSI Z87.1-1989.
(3) Eye and face PPE must be marked to provide traceability to the manufacturer.
(4) Filter lenses for protection against radiant energy shall comply with the appropriate
shade of filter lens as specified in Appendix A.
(5) Shields or barriers to protect nearby employees may be used to isolate the hazardous
exposure.
(6) Where eye protection is required and the employee requires vision correction, such
eye protection shall be provided as follows:
a. Safety spectacles with suitable corrected lenses, or
b. Safety goggles designed to fit over spectacles, or
c. Protective goggles with corrective lenses mounted behind the protective lenses.
(7) Wearing of contact lenses is prohibited in working environments having harmful
exposure to materials or light flashes except when special medically approved
precautionary procedures are implemented.

D. Hand Protection:
(1) Employees shall be provided and required to wear appropriate hand protection when
exposed to hazards such as those from skin absorption of harmful chemicals; severe
cuts or lacerations; severe abrasions; chemical burns; thermal burns; and harmful
temperature extremes.
(2) Gloves shall not be worn where there is danger of the hand protection becoming
entangled in moving machinery or materials.
(3) Wrist watches, rings, or other jewelry may not be worn while working with or
around machinery with moving parts in which such objects may be caught, or
around electrically energized equipment.

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E. Body Protection:
(1) Body protection is required for welders and other employees who are exposed to
hazardous flying objects or substances.
(2) Clothing appropriate to the work shall be worn.
(3) Clothing contaminated with flammable liquid, corrosive substances, irritants or
oxidizing agents shall not be worn.

F. Foot Protection
(1) Appropriate foot protection shall be required for employees who are exposed to foot
injuries from electrical hazards, hot, corrosive, poisonous substances, falling
objects, crushing or penetrating actions, which may cause injuries or who are
required to work in abnormally wet locations.

G. Hearing Conservation:
(1) Requirements:
(a) A hearing conservation program is required when employees are exposed to an
8-hour time weighted average (TWA) of 85 dBA or greater calculated by the
EOS Draft Standard.
(b) Monitoring will be conducted whenever information indicates that an
employee’s exposure may equal or exceed the level. The hearing conservation
program will begin by conducting preliminary noise measurements on known
noise sources. Any noise source which exceeds 85 dBA will be evaluated to
determine if employees may exceed this level based on the maximum expected
hours of exposure during one shift and the noise level at the source. All noise
sources that appear to exceed the Action Level will be documented in the noise
source database (See example Appendix B). As new noise sources are
discovered or created, additional monitoring will be required.

Note: Employees should be aware of and report any noise sources observed
that are not documented in Appendix B. A rule of thumb is that if normal
conversation cannot be readily conducted at arms length the Action Level is
probably exceeded.

(c) All employees in the hearing conservation program will receive annual training.
Audiometric testing of employees exposed to 8-hour TWA of 85 thru 94 dBA
or more will be accomplished every two years. Exposure at 95 dBA or above
will require testing every year.
(d) Any hearing standard threshold shift will require mandatory hearing protection .
(e) Any exposure to noise exceeding 90 dBA requires mandatory hearing
protection depending on the amount of time exposed. See Table 1.
(f) When noise exceeds that in Table 1 then engineering, administrative, and
hearing protection must be implemented in that order of priority.
(g) Exposure to impulse or impact noise must not exceed 140 dB peak sound
pressure level.
(h) Employees will be allowed to observe measurement of noise exposure and will
be notified when they are exposed above the level as calculated by Appendix B
to the regulation.
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 (i) Testing is to be preceded by 14 hours of no workplace noise or hearing
protection reducing noise to less than 80 dB must be worn. Employees will be
provided with notification at least one day prior to testing.
(j) Any employees hired after the testing and exposed above the 85 dBA level
must wear mandatory hearing protection until baseline testing can be
accomplished.
(k) Any employee who suffers a standard threshold shift will be retested within 30
days. The test results including the baseline audiogram will be provided to the
occupational medicine physician along with this procedure.
(l) Employees will be notified of any standard threshold shift.
(m) Unless the occupational medicine physician determines the standard threshold
shift is not work related or aggravated by occupational noise exposure the
following steps must be taken:
 Employees not wearing hearing protection must be trained and required to
wear hearing protection.
 Employees already wearing hearing protection shall be refitted, retrained
and provided additional attenuation as necessary.
 Send the employee to the clinic if additional testing is necessary or if the
ear is aggravated by the hearing protectors.
 If medical pathology of the ear is suspected that is unrelated to the hearing
protectors the employee is to be informed of the need for an otology
examination.

Table 1
Permissible Noise Exposure
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Permitted Duration Permitted Duration
Sound Per Workday Per Workday
Level (hours- Sound Level (hours-
(dBA) minutes) hours (dBA) Minutes) hours
90 8-0 8.00 103 1-19 1.32
91 6-58 6.96 104 1-9 1.15
92 6-4 6.06 105 1-0 1.00
93 5-17 5.28 106 0.52 0.86
94 4-36 4.60 107 0/46 0.76
95 4-0 4.00 108 0-40 0.66
96 3-29 3.48 109 0-34 0.56
97 3-2 3.03 110 0-30 0.50
98 2-38 2.63 111 0.26 0.43
99 2-18 2.30 112 0-23 0.38
100 2-0 2.00 113 0-20 0.33
101 1-44 1.73 114 0-17 0.28

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When the daily noise exposure is composed of two or more periods of
noise exposure of different levels, their combined effect should be
considered, rather than the individual effect of each. If the sum of the
following fractions: C1/T1+C2/T2...Cn/Tn exceeds unity, then, the mixed
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 exposure should be considered to exceed the limit value. Cn indicates the
total time of exposure at a specified noise level, and Tn indicates the total
time of exposure permitted at that level.
 If the variations in noise level involve maxima at intervals of 1 second
or less, the noise is to be considered continuous.
 Exposure to impulsive or impact noise should not exceed 140 dB peak
sound pressure level.

(n) Employees who have had a standard threshold shift and subsequent testing
show the shift is not persistent then hearing protection may be discontinued if
the TWA is less than 90 dBA. The employee must be so informed.
(2) Training
(a) All employees exposed above the 85 dBA level shall be provided annual
training.
(b) The employee shall be informed of the following:
 The effects of noise on hearing.
 The purpose of hearing protectors, the advantages, disadvantages, and
attenuation of various types, and instructions on selection, fitting, use and
care; and
 The purpose of audiometric testing, and an explanation of the test
procedures.
(3) Records
(a) Records shall be maintained of the following:
 Employee Exposure Measurement
 Audiograms-Employee name, classification, date of audiogram, examiner’s
name, date of audiometer exhaustive calibration and most recent noise
exposure assessment.

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 APPENDIX A

Where exposed to injurious light rays, the shade of lens to use in any instance shall be selected in
accordance with the following table.

Protection against radiant energy--Selection of shade numbers for welding filter. Table EP-1 shall
be used as a guide for the selection of the proper shade numbers of filter lenses or plates used in
welding. Shade more dense than those listed may be used to suit the individual’s needs.

TABLE EP-1—FILTER LENS SHADE NUMBERS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST

RADIANT ENERGY

Welding Operation Shade Number

Shielded metal-arc welding 1 1/16-, 3/32-, 1/8, 5/32-inch diameter 10
electrodes
Gas-shielded arc welding (nonferrous) 1/16-, 3/32-, 1/8-, 5/32-inch diameter 11
electrodes
Gas-shielded arc welding (ferrous) 1/16-, 3/32-, 1/8-, 5/32-inch diameter 12
electrodes
Shielded metal-arc welding 3/16-, 7/32-, 1/4-inch diameter electrodes 12
5/16-, 3/8-inch diameter electrodes 14
Atomic hydrogen welding 10-14
Carbon-arc welding 14
Soldering 2
Torch brazing 3 or 4
Light cutting, up to 1 inch 3 or 4
Medium cutting, 1 inch to 6 inches 4 or 5
Heavy cutting, over 6 inches 5 or 6
Gas welding (light), up to 1/8-inch 4 or 5
Gas welding (medium), 1/8-inch to 1/2-inch 5 or 6
Gas welding (heavy), over 1/2-inch 6 or 8

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 APPENDIX B

NOISE SOURCE DATABASE

BUILDING SOURCE REQUIRED HEARING
PROTECTION