ALL ABOUT OF PERSONA PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND THERE USSE IN THERE PLACEWS.pptx

PPES NOTES

1. What is personal protective Equipment Personal protective equipment, or PPE, is Designed to protect workers from serious workplace injuries or illnesses resulting from contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards.

2. Protecting Employees from Workplace Hazards Employers must protect employees from workplace hazards and dangerous work procedures that can cause injury, illness and fatalities. Employers must: Use all feasible engineering and work practice controls to eliminate and reduce hazards Then use appropriate PPE.

3. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT Personal Protective Equip ment (PPE) mus t be provided when necessary by reason of hazards encounter ed that are capable of causing injury or impairment   PPE is not a substitute for engineering, work practice, and/or administrative controls PPE creates barrier between hazard and ro ute of entry Use of PPE does not eliminate the hazard so if the equip ment fails then expos ure oc cur s

4. PPE SELECTION Protects each employee from identified hazards Is of safe design and construction Is sanitary and reliable Provides each employee with a good fit Meets BIS other applicable approval agency standard

5. PPE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS When is PPE necessary   What PPE is necessary How to properly use, adjust and wear PPE The limitations of PPE The proper care & maintenance of PPE

6. Employee Responsibilities To attend all PPE training sessions To use appropriate PPE on the job Follow ALL Warnings and Precautions Listen and Follow Directions Maintain assigned PPE in healthy condition Report any and ALL unsafe conditions you may find in your work area.

7. HIERARCHY OF RISK CONTROL

8. HAZARD CONTROL HIERARCHY ELIMINATION (Remove the hazard, example:- having workers perform tasks at ground level rather than working at heights) SUBSTITUTION ( For example, a non-toxic (or less toxic) chemical could be substituted for a hazardous one. ) ENGINEERING CONTROL (isolation, Local Exhaust ventilation, equipment modification etc.) ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL ( changes in workplace policies and procedures, work permits and safe work practices, Inspection and maintenance, Housekeeping, Reducing the time workers are exposed to a hazard, Supervision, Training, signs and warnings etc. PPE’S