UWEau Claire

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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• OSHA requires the use of PPE when it is needed 29
  CFR 1910.132
• By Chou Lor, Facilities Planning Management

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Personal Protective Equipment

• Training Objectives
• Identify areas where PPE may be needed
• Employee participation
• Identify different types of PPE
• Care of PPE

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Personal Protective Equipment

• Identify areas where PPE may be needed
• Evaluate the work areas
• What safety hazards are in the work areas?
• The workplace conditions
• Fall hazards
• Evaluate the work task
• What safety hazards does the task create?
• What safety hazards do the tools and equipment
  pose?

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Personal Protective Equipment

• Employee Participation
• Attend required PPE training sessions
• Wear PPE as required
• Clean and maintain assigned PPE
• Inform your immediate supervisor if PPE is in
  need of repair or replacement

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Personal Protective Equipment

• Types of PPE
• Head Protection
• Head protection is important for many reasons
• Head injuries are serious and some injuries may
  be permanent
• Potential Hazards
• Falling objects
• Electrical shocks
• Splashes, spills, and drips

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Personal Protective Equipment

• Head Protection Cont.
• Hard hats Use rigid shell and suspension system
  to shield head.
• Class A Falling objects and electrical shocks
  up to 2,200 volts.
• Class B Falling objects and electrical shocks
  up to 20,000 volts.
• Class C Falling objects only.
• Bump caps do not protect from falling objects.

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Personal Protective Equipment

• Eye and Face Protection
• Hazards associated with the eyes and face
• Flying objects
• Splash hazards from chemicals, battery acid,
  degreasing, plating
• Dusts or powders
• Radiant energy welding or lasers

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Personal Protective Equipment

• Eyes and Face Protection Cont.
• Provide adequate protection.
• Particles, liquids, vapors, gases, radiation
• Safety Glasses with side shields, goggles, face
  shield
• Reasonably comfortable.
• Fit snugly, no interference to vision
• Easily cleanable and durable.

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Personal Protective Equipment

• Eyes and Face Protection Cont.
• Safety Glasses
• Protects against
• Moderate impact
• Flying particles
• Side Shields
• Shatter-proof lenses
• Impact-resistant frames

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Personal Protective Equipment

• Eyes and Face Protection Cont.
• Safety Goggles
• Offer more protection than glasses.
• Fit closer to the face.
• Better protection when exposed to fumes, vapors,
  dusts, and splashing.
• If used specifically for splash resistance, they
  must be labeled as so.

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Personal Protective Equipment

• Eyes and Face Protection Cont.
• Face Shield
• Offer full face protection
• Used in operations that produce flying objects or
  splashes
• Can be worn with a hard hat
• Must be worn with safety glasses
• Face shields alone are not adequate eye protection

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Personal Protective Equipment

• Body Protection
• Body Hazards
• Extreme temperatures
• Chemical exposure
• Impact
• Falls
• Electrical contact
• Entanglement

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Personal Protective Equipment

• Body Protection Cont.
• Suits
• Gas/vapor-tight
• Liquid-tight
• Particulate-tight
• Partial body/limited
• Aprons and sleeves
• Chaps, knee pads, shin guards
• Appropriate attire
• no loose clothing
• non-melting material

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Personal Protective Equipment

• Hearing Protection
• Exposure to excessive noise levels (8 hour TWAgt
  85dBA)
• Decide which size and type protector is most
  suitable for the working environment.
• Must adequately reduce the severity of the noise
  level for each employees work environment.
• Types of ear protection available include
• Jazz Band
• Earmuffs
• Earplugs

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Personal Protective Equipment

• Hand Protection
• Protects against risk of
• Cuts
• Abrasions
• Burns
• Punctures
• Exposure to hazardous materials.
• Requires selection of the appropriate gloves for
  the job.

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Personal Protection Equipment

• Hand Protection Cont.
• How to remove gloves
• Grasp the outside of one glove.

• Hold the glove with your gloved hand.

• Insert your fingers on the inside of the glove.

• Turn the glove inside out over the first glove

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Personal Protective Equipment

• Foot Protection
• Foot Hazards
• Danger of foot injuries due to falling and
  rolling objects,
• Slip hazards or objects piercing the sole,
• Where employees are exposed to electrical
  hazards.
• Safety shoes or boots with impact protection are
  required for
• Carrying or handling heavy materials such as
• Packages, objects, parts or tools, which could
  be dropped and for other activities where objects
  might fall onto the feet.

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Personal Protective Equipment

• Foot Protection Cont.
• Special situations may require wearing metatarsal
  protection, electrical conductive or insulating
  safety shoes or boot.
• Must comply with ANSI Z41-1999 Standards.

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Personal Protective Equipment

• Care of PPE
• Always check PPE for damage before and after each
  use
• Clean PPE before storing
• Dispose of and replace damaged PPE
• Store PPE properly and avoid conditions that
  could damage it, such as heat, light, moisture,
  etc.