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2.  Personal protective equipment - for eyes,
face, head, and extremities, protective
clothing, respiratory devices, and protective
shields and barriers.
 It shall be provided, used, and maintained in a
sanitary and reliable condition.
 Necessary by reason of hazards of processes
or environment, chemical hazards,
radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants.

3.  Body Protection
 Eye & Face Protection
 Hand Protection
 Head Protection
 Foot & Leg Protection
 Ear Protection

4.  appropriate for the risk involved and conditions at the
place where exposure to the risk may occur;
 adequate protection is afforded without increasing the
overall risk;
 ergonomics requirements and the state of health of
the user or wearer;
 capable of fitting the wearer correctly;
 designed and manufactured according to a certain
standard of quality.

5.  The risks that workers may encounter include heat, cold, bad
weather, chemical or metal splash, spray from pressure
leaks or spray guns, impact or penetration, contaminated
dust, and excessive wear or entanglement of clothing.
 The types of body protection include conventional or
disposal overalls, boiler suits, warehouse coats, laboratory
coats, donkey jackets, aprons and specialist protective
clothing such as chemical suits and aluminum asbestos suits
for hot work. Choice of material includes non-flammable,
anti-static, chainmail, chemically impermeable or high
visibility materials.

9. Single-use earplugs :
Made of waxed cotton,
foam, silicone rubber or
fibreglass wool.
When properly inserted,
they work as well as most
moulded earplugs.

10. Require a perfect seal
around the ear.
Better attenuation of
noise.
Glasses, facial hair, long
hair or facial movements
such as chewing may
reduce the protective value
of earmuffs.

14. Safety Spectacles
 with safety frames from metal / plastic and impact-resistant
lenses, and side shields
Goggles
 tight-fitting eye protection that completely cover the eyes, eye
sockets and the facial area, provide protection from impact, dust
and splashes
Welding Shields
 Vulcanized fibre or fibreglass fitted with a filtered lens; protect
eyes from burns caused by infrared or intense radiant light, flying
sparks, metal spatter and slag chips produced during welding,
brazing, soldering and cutting.
Laser safety goggles
 Protect against intense concentrations of light produced by lasers,
(depend on the equipment and operating conditions in the
workplace).

17. Hard Hats
Hard hats first used for industrial setting were inspired by
the helmets worn by soldiers in World War 1.
However approximately 120,000 people sustain head
injuries on the job each year by falling objects, in spite
many of victims were wearing hard hats.
This statistics have been the driving force for development
of tougher & more durable hats.
Today’s hat typically made of thermoplastic material
polyethylene.
 They are designed to limit the impact to the top of the
head, thus reduce the amount of impact transmitted to
head, neck, and spine.

19. Situations in which an employee should wear foot
and/or leg protection include:
 When heavy objects such as barrels or tools
might roll onto or fall on the employee’s feet.
 Working with sharp objects such as nails or
spikes that could pierce the soles or uppers of
ordinary shoes.
 Exposure to molten metal that might splash on
feet or legs.
 Working on or around hot, wet or slippery
surfaces.
 Working when electrical hazards are present.

21. Potential hazards include:
1. Skin absorption of harmful substances
2. Chemical or thermal burns
3. Electrical dangers, bruises, abrasions
4. Cuts, punctures, fractures.

22. For protection against chemicals, glove
selection must be based on the:
1. Chemicals encountered
2. Chemicals resistant
3. Physical properties of the glove material