I Have to Pay For That? Personal Protective Equipment

1. I Have to Pay For That?
Personal Protective
Equipment

2. Moderator
Becky Ross
Marketing Manager
(303) 228-8753
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3. Presenter
Mike Rusak
Engineer II
mrusak@kpaonline.com

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5. • On November 15, 2007, OSHA issued a final
rule for “Employer Payment for Personal
Protective Equipment” that applies identical
PPE payment requirements to workplaces in
all industries.
• This rule went into effect on February 13,
2008. Employers had to implement the PPE
payment requirements no later than May 15,
2008.

6. • 29 CFR 1910.132(h)(1) …the protective
equipment, including personal protective
equipment (PPE), used to comply with this
part, shall be provided by the employer at no
cost to employees.

7. • Personal protective equipment (PPE)
refers to protective clothing, helmets,
goggles, or other garments or
equipment designed to protect the
wearer's body from injury

9. 29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1) - The employer shall assess the workplace to
determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which
necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
When you do this,
you will be
exposed to
this,
and you must
wear this.

10. • Elimination
• Substitution
 Non-Haz chemicals
• Engineering Controls
 Exhaust Ventilation
• Administrative Controls
 Good Housekeeping
• Personal Protective Equipment
 Must be used when engineering and administrative controls do
not eliminate/reduce the hazards

11. • 29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment,
including personal protective equipment for eyes,
face, head, and extremities, protective clothing,
respiratory devices, and protective shields and
barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained
in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is
necessary by reason of hazards of processes or
environment, chemical hazards, radiological
hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in
a manner capable of causing injury or
impairment in the function of any part of the
body through absorption, inhalation or physical
contact.

12. • Select, and have each affected employee use,
the PPE;
• Select PPE that properly fits each affected
employee;
• Communicate selection decisions to each
affected employee (establish a PPE Policy); and
• Provide training to each employee who is
required to use PPE

13. • The personal protective equipment
(PPE) shall be provided by the
employer at no cost to employees.
• The employer must pay for
replacement PPE

17. • Replacement PPE when the employee has lost
or intentionally damaged the PPE
 an employer may require the employee to pay for
such replacement
• PPE that employees already own and request to
use instead of the PPE that the employer
provides at no cost to employees
• Upgraded PPE that employees want to buy and
use instead of the PPE that the employer
provides at no cost to employees

18. What is Personal Protective Equipment?

20. • You value your employees

22. • In 2009, OSHA adopted a tougher
enforcement policy that allows for “per
employee” citations, instead of a single
penalty for non-compliance.
• If OSHA inspects a facility and discovers 15
workers not wearing necessary personal
protective equipment, the agency can deliver
15 separate citations.

23. $0
$2,000
$4,000
$6,000
$8,000
$10,000
$12,000
$14,000
$16,000
$18,000
$20,000
1 5 10 15
FineinDollars
Number of Employees Not Wearing Safety Glasses

24. Info

25. A typical eye injury that could occur and that
PPE could have prevented:
A. Direct cost of an eye injury - $2,000
B. Indirect costs of the eye injury - $8,000
C. Total nominal cost of eye injury (A+B) - $10,000
D. Net Profit margin where injury occurred - 3.5%
(0.035)
E. Added revenue company must generate
[$10,000/0.035]= $285,000

26. • In this hypothetical case, the company
could have prevented this injury with a
$5.00 pair of safety glasses
$5 vs $285,000

27. You are expected to protect your
employees

28. Providing and ensuring use of PPE is
a good defense against workplace
hazards

29. Reducing injuries

31. • Enforcement Guidance for
Personal Protective Equipment in
General Industry

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