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90th Annual North Carolina Electric
Meter School and Grid Technology
Conference
Personal Protective Equipment &
Regulatory Compliance Attainment
Paul Fratellone
Director Software Sales & Operations
www.tesco.software
2. Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
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Employer Responsibilities
Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers have a responsibility to provide a
safe workplace
OSHA sets enforcement policy and targeted inspection programs, and responds to
fatalities, catastrophes and complaints.
3. Focusing on Repeat Offenders
The Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP), which became effective on June
18, 2010, is intended to focus enforcement efforts on employers who demonstrate
indifference to the health and safety of their employees through willful, repeated, or
failure-to-abate violations relating to significant hazards
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4. Public Knowledge
Fines - USDOL OSHA Public Web Site Search Results
https://search.osha.gov/search?affiliate=usdoloshapublicwebsite&sort_by=
&query=Fines
Yielded thousands of hits listing the company name, the type of non-
compliance and the fine amount
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AmeriGas Propane...safety and health standards. Proposed fines total
$135,000. View the ...
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5. OSHA Definition – PPE
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Personal protective equipment, commonly referred to as "PPE", is equipment
worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause serious workplace injuries and
illnesses. These injuries and illnesses may result from contact with chemical,
radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards.
Personal protective equipment may include items such as
gloves, safety glasses and shoes, earplugs or muffs, hard
hats, respirators, or coveralls, vests and full body suits.
6. Code of Federal Regulations (29 CFR 1910)
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Employers must provide personal protective equipment to their workers
and ensure its proper use. Employers are also required to train each worker
required to use personal protective equipment to know:
• When it is necessary
• What kind is necessary
• How to properly put it on, adjust, wear and take it off
• The limitations of the equipment
• Proper care, maintenance, useful life, and disposal of the equipment
Personal Protective Equipment - Standards | Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (osha.gov)
7. The Requirements / Standards – PPE
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Meeting compliance obligations and encouraging workers to
wear protective equipment are about more than saving
money or following rules—they can save lives and prevent
lifelong repercussions for themselves and other employees.
8. Increase Compliance: Improve the Culture
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• Focus on Comfort
• Involve Workers and provide
feedback
• Work Practice Controls and
Training
• Track and Investigate incidents
• Make it accessible and convenient
10. American Society for Testing and Materials
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ASTM International, formerly known as American Society for
Testing and Materials, is an international standards
organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus
technical standards for a wide range of materials, products,
systems, and services.
PPE Categories:
• Eye and face protection
• Hand protection
• Body protection
• Respiratory protection
• Hearing protection
Types of PPE
• Hard Hats
• Leggings, Foot Guards, and Safety Shoes
• Earplugs and Earmuffs
• Gloves
• Eye Protection
• Surgical Face Masks
• Respirators
• Face Shields
11. Serialize or Not-to-Serialize PPE Assets
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Not every asset requires a serial number. If an asset requires a serial
number, it is known as serialized.
If an asset is serialized, then a serial number is required for all
movements and transactions for this asset, including the following:
• Purchase
• Shipments & Receipts
• Inventory transactions
• Field movements
• Physical Reconciliation
• Test Records
12. PPE Operational “Must-Haves”
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Personal Protective Equipment, PPE, must enable
efficient & effective management of your investment
in these assets.
• Easy to use software
• Reduce or eliminates error prone, time consuming and
often wasteful manual steps.
• Gives you the tools to track purchases, acceptance testing,
issuance/assignment, and periodic testing throughout the
asset’s lifecycle.
13. PPE Operational “Must-Haves”
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Enforces ASTM/OSHA Regulations
✓Ensures no items are shipped that will be non-
compliant before their scheduled return
✓Flags late items, automatically texting and emailing
both employees and supervisors
✓Tracks every item, every test, every shipment, every
return
✓Projects required purchases based on exchange
schedule, projected failure rates, and lead times for each
item
✓Auditable and verifiable historical reporting
14. PPE Tracking System Features
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PPE Assignments
Used to view where the PPE is assigned. Can be any individual, vehicle, or location.
PPE Attribute Definitions
Allows for different attributes to be defined for each type of PPE. At some utilities gloves
are only tracked by size. Some utilities also tracked other attributes such as cuff type
(straight/bell), color, and length.
PPE Preferences
Each PPE user can have his/her own preferences for each type of PPE. The system should
permit different size preferences for each assigned piece of equipment.
15. PPE Tracking System Features
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PPE Swap Groups
PPE Swap Groups are used to define a group of items which are tested on a
consistent schedule. For example, gloves which are tested every two months
would be in one swap group, while sleeves that are tested annually would be in a
different group.
PPE Check In
The PPE Check In screen is designed for the receipt of the equipment from a
specific individual or vehicle. This can be used only when a person is exchanging
his equipment out of cycle or outside of the bulk shipment. The PPE Batches
screen will be used for the normal exchange, where all the equipment is received,
tested, and returned as a single batch for all of the people at a location.
16. PPE Tracking System Features
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PPE Check Out
Similarly to PPE Check In, Check Out is designed to work with a single person or
vehicle. Perhaps an individual was absent when equipment was collected, and comes
to the lab to receive their newly tested PPE
PPE Batches (Receipt)
When a shipment of PPE items is received at the lab, every step of the process from
initial receipt through to the completion of the test and the shipment of the items
back to an assignee or placed in stock
Employee Assignments
Used to create the initial assignment to a position and location for an employee who
is newly receiving PPE, or to end the assignment of an employee who will no longer
be receiving PPE
17. PPE Tracking System Features
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Positions
Use positions to determine what PPE should be assigned. Define the master list of possible
positions. A person is assigned a position from this list. Rather than requiring that the specific
PPE items for each position be defined separately
Change Employee Location
Use when an employee is moving from one location to another. You could end date the
employee’s current assignment and create a new assignment.
Change Vehicle Assignments
Much in the same manner that employees may change locations, vehicles may also change
locations. The employee associated with the vehicle could also be tracked.
Vehicles
Assign all the PPE required to be on a vehicle.
18. Lifecycle Overview
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Configure System
• Build your rotation and swap schedules by
location / department
• Assign people to locations
• Create employee roles for a set of assets
• Create employee preferences
Receive PPE
• What locations are in the rotation
• Which type of goods to be tested
19. Lifecycle Continued
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Test goods:
• Assign serial #s for new assets
• Scan / RFID goods once tested
Text & eMail assignee & management for late goods
Assignment
• Package goods in pairs
• Return the same set to employee
• Allow any right / left combination of
same size
20. Lifecycle Continued
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Data Analytics
• Validate employee compliance
• Identify problem goods based
upon failure rate
• Identify training gaps for misuse
of goods.
Forecast Inventory needs
