The document discusses personal protective equipment (PPE) and hazard control committees. It outlines OSHA requirements for employers to provide appropriate PPE to protect employees from workplace hazards. Employers must conduct hazard assessments, train employees on proper PPE use, and ensure PPE is properly maintained. Hazard control committees involving both management and employees can help identify unsafe conditions, promote safety efforts, and provide input to improve hazard controls. Hazard survey teams can also supplement committees by conducting inspections to identify risks.

1. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT
&
HAZARD CONTROL COMMITTEES
(Unit-I)

2. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
• Use of appropriate PPE and clothing to provide
adequate protection for individuals exposed to
unsafe conditions when engineering,
administrative, and work practice controls fail.
• Consider PPE as all clothing and other work
accessories designed to create a hazard protection
barrier.
• OSHA can require PPE to protect the eyes, face,
head, and extremities include protective clothing,
respiratory devices, protective shields and barriers.
• When employees provide their own PPE, the
employer must ensure its adequacy, including
proper maintenance, and sanitation.

3. Continued...
• Employers must assess the workplace for PPE
hazard assessment for employee to select and
use of PPE that will protect from the hazards
identified.
• OSHA requires the employer to verify completion
of the assessment through a written certification
that identifies the workplace, certifying person,
and assessment date.
• Train employees on the proper selection and use
of PPE. Provide retraining if needed.
• Never permit use of defective or damaged PPE.
• Never use PPE as a substitute for engineering,
work practice, or administrative controls.

4. Continued...
• Using PPE can create hazards such as heat
disorders, physical stress, impaired vision, and
reduced mobility.
• PPE should comply with applicable American
National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards.
• Review PPE policies at least annually.
– evaluation of accident and injury data,
– current hazard exposures,
– training effectiveness, and documentation
procedures.
• The employer must verify that affected
employees get required training through a
written certification that contains the name of
each employee, dates of training, and topics
covered.

5. Continued...
• Employers in most situations must provide
PPE mandated by OSHA at no cost to
employees.
• OSHA does not require employers to pay for
non speciality safety-toe footwear including
steel-toe shoes or boots and non speciality
prescription safety eyewear if employees wear
them away from job site.
• OSHA does not require reimbursement to the
employee for that equipment. Employers
cannot require employees to provide their
own or pay for PPE.

6. Potential hazards
• Skin absorption of harmful substances,
• Chemical or thermal burns,
• Electrical dangers,
• Bruises or abrasions,
• Cuts or punctures,
• Fractures and amputations.

7. Eye and Face Protection
• Refer to 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1910.133
for OSHA standards.
• Employers must provide suitable eye protection when
flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids
liquids, chemical gases, potentially injurious light
radiation, exists in the workplace.
• Protective eye and face devices must comply with ANSI
Z-87, Occupational and Educational Eye and Face
Protection.
• Eye protectors must prove adequate against particular
hazards with a reasonably comfortable when worn
under designated conditions.
• Protectors must be durable and fit snugly without
interfering with the movements or vision of the wearer.
• Keep eye protectors disinfected and in good repair.

8. Head Protection
• Refer to 29 CFR 1910.135 for OSHA standards.
• Use protective hats to protect against electric
shock. Resist penetration and absorb the shock
of blows.
• Head protection hats to meet the requirement of
ANSI Z-89.1, Industrial Head Protection, and Z-
89.2, Requirements for Industrial Protective
Helmets for Electrical Workers.
• Each type and class of head protector must
provide protection against specific hazardous
conditions.

9. Foot Protection
• Refer to 29 CFR 1910.136 for OSHA standards.
• Select safety shoes made of sturdy materials with
impact-resistant toes.
• Some shoes contain metal insoles that protect
against puncture wounds. Metatarsal guards can
provide additional protection.
• Today’s safety shoes come in a variety of styles
and materials. Classification of safety shoes based
on ability to meet requirements of compression
and impact tests.
• Protective footwear must comply with the
requirements found in the ANSI Z-41.1 Standard.

10. Arm and Hand Protection
• Refer to 29 CFR 1910.137 for OSHA standards.
• Protective equipment can include gloves,
finger guards, arm coverings, and elbow-
length gloves.
• The nature of the hazard and the operations
involved will affect the selection of gloves.
• Require employees to use gloves designed for
the specific hazards and tasks.

11. Body and Torso Protection
• Certain hazards may require the use of body protection
clothing or equipment.
• For example, exposure to address biohazards or
chemical hazards during the mixing of dangerous
drugs
• Other hazards - heat sources, hot metal exposures
during welding operations, hot liquids, and radiation
exposures.
• Body protection clothing can vary and could include
gowns, vests, jackets, aprons, coveralls, and full
bodysuits.
• Refer to manufacturer or supplier selection guides for
information on the effectiveness of specific materials
against specific hazards.
• Inspect clothing to ensure proper fit and function.

12. HAZARD CONTROL COMMITTEES
• Safety Committees can help review results of inspections,
audits, other evaluations & make positive contributions to
the success of the hazard control function
• An effective committee must work hard to interact with all
organizational members to improve their hazard control
awareness.
• Top management ultimately must take responsibility for
committee successes and failures.
• Top management provide supporting systems, authority,
and necessary resources to help ensure committee success.
• Top management that fails to properly assign committee
responsibilities and delegate authority will undermine their
effectiveness.
• Some top management personnel do acknowledge
committee existence but ignore their contributions and
suggestions.

13. Continued...
• Committee membership must include
nonsupervisory and hourly personnel with
representation from key functions, departments,
and divisions.
• Committee authority and responsibilities can vary
depending on the organization.
• Some organizations refrain the term committee
and use another term such as advisory panel.
• Regardless of the term used, committees, teams,
and panels can help improve organizational
hazard control efficiency and effectiveness if
proactively involved.

14. Basic Safety Committee Duties
• Participate in self-inspections and hazard surveys.
• Encourage organizational members to work safely.
• Assist with the JHA processes & supervisors for initial
accident investigations
• Provide input for hazard control policies, procedures,
and rules.
• Promote hazard control efforts at organizational
meetings.
• Communicate employee hazard control concerns to
management.

15. Hazard Survey Teams
• Organizations should establish hazard survey team to
supplement the established hazard control committee.
• Comprised of screened volunteers with no formal
supervisory responsibilities.
• Help inspectors conduct walking hazard surveys to
identify unsafe conditions and risky behaviors.
• Provide the team with a pretour educational session
that informs them of tour expectations and
procedures. For example, if the survey will target basic
electrical hazards, provide them with realistic
information about how to recognize and document
these hazards.
• The team should remember what they learned during
the survey & meet to discuss and validate the findings.
• The organization can determining corrective actions.