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Personal Protective Equipment: Helmet Mask
Personal Protective Equipment: Helmet Mask
Helmet
Mask
Coveralls
Gloves
Safety Shoes
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• Hazard:
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Responsibilities
• Employer
– Assess workplace for hazards
– Provide PPE
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We'll need to know:
– When PPE is necessary
– What PPE is necessary
– How to use PPE
– Limitation of PPE
– Care, maintenance, use life, and disposal of PPE.
Examples of PPE
Body Part Protection
Eye safety glasses,
goggles
Face face shields
Head hard hats
Feet safety shoes
Hands and gloves
arms
Bodies vests
Hearing earplugs, earmuffs
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PPE Program
• Includes procedures for selecting, providing and using PPE
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Training
If employees are required to use PPE, train them:
• 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
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Head Protection
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Number of Serious Violations Subpart E:
Other
3.9% Safety Nets
15.6%
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Head Protection:
Class A
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Type I
Class B
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Type II
Class C
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?
• 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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Is Your Eyesight worth Not Wearing Your Safety glasses
Secondary
Face Shields
Welding Helmets
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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
other required PPE
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Eye Protection for Employees
Who Wear Eyeglasses
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Safety Glasses
• Made with metal/plastic safety frames
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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 of light
produced by lasers
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Face Shields
• Full face protection
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Hearing Protection
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When Must Hearing Protection be
Provided?
After implementing engineering and work
practice controls
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Permissible Noise Exposures:
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Foot Protection
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When Must Foot Protection be Provided?
• Slippery surfaces
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Safety Shoes
• Impact-resistant toes and heat-resistant soles
protect against hot surfaces common in roofing
and paving
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Hand Protection
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When Must Hand Protection be Provided?
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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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Types of Rubber Gloves
• Nitrile:
– protects against solvents,
harsh chemicals, fats and
petroleum products and also
provides excellent resistance
to cuts and abrasions.
• Butyl:
– provides the highest
permeation resistance to gas
or water vapors
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Other Types of Gloves
• Kevlar:
• protects against cuts,
slashes, and abrasion
• Stainless:
• steel mesh protects
against cuts and
lacerations
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Body Protection
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Major Causes of Body Injuries
• Intense heat
• 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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Body Protection
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Respiratory Protection
29 CFR 1910.134
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Selection of Respirators
• Employer must select and provide an
appropriate respirator based on the
respiratory hazards to which the worker is
exposed and workplace and user factors that
affect respirator performance and reliability.
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Tight -Fitting Coverings
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Why SCBA?
SCBA protects against specific
types of respiratory hazard:
hydrogen sulphide
methane
sulphur dioxide
carbon dioxide
oxygen deficient/enriched
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