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1. Personal Protective Equipment

2. Personal protective equipment or PPE
is protective equipment used for
work-related occupational health and
safety purposes. PPE is designed to
protect the worker’s body from
hazards and injuries.

3. WHAT DOES PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT INCLUDE?
Eye & Face Protection
Hearing Protection
Hand/Skin Protection
Body Protection
Head Protection
Foot Protection
Respiratory Protection

4. EXAMPLES OF PPE
Eye safety glasses, goggles
Face face shields
Head hard hats
Feet safety shoes
Hands and arms gloves
Bodies Appron
Hearing earplugs, earmuffs
Body Part Protection

5. PPE EXCUSE
“I was in a hurry”
“Accident doesn’t happen to me”
ACCIDENT DEFINED:
Something I think won’t
happen to me… BUT IT
DOES!

6. WHAT DO I WEAR?
Depending on jobs nature, employees are
required to wear all PPE while they are in
the manufacturing plant.
All employees, depending on their jobs,
are required to cooperate in the strictest
observance of safety legislation,
regulations, guideline policies and
procedures at all time.

7. If . . .
The work environment can be
physically changed to prevent
employee exposure to the potential
hazard,
Then . . .
The hazard can be eliminated with an
engineering control

8. WORK PRACTICE CONTROLS
If . . .
Employees can change the way they do their
jobs and the exposure to the potential hazard
is removed,
Then . . .
The hazard can be eliminated with a work
practice control

9. PPE IS
THE LAST
LEVEL OF
CONTROL!

10. Employers must protect
employees from
hazards such as falling
objects, harmful
substances, and noise
exposures that can
cause injury.

11. RESPONSIBILITIES
Employer
 Assess workplace for hazards
 Provide Appropriate PPE
 Determine when to use
 Provide PPE training for employees and instruction in proper use
Employee
 Use PPE in accordance with training received and other instructions.
 Inspect daily and maintain it.
 Damaged or defective PPE is not to be used.
 Be familiar with the life expectancy of your PPE and dispose of when
needed.
 Report any discomfort, problems or questions to your supervisor .
 Make sure that the PPE assigned to you fits properly and
comfortably.

13. IS THIS AN APPROPRIATE MASK?

14. RESPIRATORY PROTECTION
Protects users by
removing
harmful materials
that may enter
the body via the
lungs

15. IS THIS AN APPROPRIATE
RESPIRATOR?

16. HEAD PROTECTION
Injuries to the head are very
serious. For this reason, head
protection and safety are very
important .
Ensure that each affected
employee wears a protective
helmet where there is a potential
for head injury from falling
objects.

17. Electrical Shocks falling or flying
objects
Splashes, Spills
& Drips

18. IS THIS AN APPROPRIATE
HARD HAT?

20. HEARING PROTECTION
When it’s not feasible to
reduce the noise or
its duration – use ear
protective devices.
When an employee’s noise
exposure exceeds an 8-
hour time-weighted
average (TWA) sound level
of 90 dBA .
Long term exposure can
result in permanent
hearing loss or impairment

22. Earmuffs Earplugs Canal Caps
Types of Hearing
Protectors

23. EYE & FACE PROTECTION

24. EYE AND FACE PROTECTION
Types of
eye/face
hazards
Heat
Chemicals
Dust
Light and/or
Radiation

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SAFETY GOGGLES
Protects eyes from intense concentrations
of light produced by lasers

26. EYE AND FACE PROTECTION
Regular glasses or
sunglasses are not
appropriate SAFETY
GLASSES

27. POTENTIAL HAZARDS
Traumatic Injuries Contact Injuries Repetitive Motion
cuts, punctures,
sprains or
crushing from
equipment
contact with toxic
chemicals, biological
substances, electrical
sources, extreme
temperatures
same hand
movement over
extended time
periods

28. HAND PROTECTION
Why is Hand Protection
Important?
 It has been estimated that
almost 20% of all
disabling accidents on
the job involve the hands.
 Without your fingers or
hands, your ability to
work would be greatly
reduced.

29. HAND PROTECTION
Types of Hand PPE
Gloves
 Metal mesh gloves
 resist sharp edges and prevent cuts
 Leather gloves
 shield your hands from rough surfaces
 Neoprene gloves
 protect your hands against toxic
chemicals
 Rubber gloves
 protect you when working around
electricity

30.  Padded cloth gloves
 protect your hands from sharp edges,
slivers, dirt, and vibration
 Heat resistant gloves
 protect your hands from heat and flames
 Latex disposable gloves
 used to protect your hands from germs
and bacteria
 Lead-lined gloves
 used to protect your hands from
radiation sources

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WHEN MUST HAND PROTECTION BE PROVIDED?
 Burns
 Shiners
 Scrapes
 Cuts
 Punctures
 Fractures
 Deletions
 Chemical Exposures
When any of these are present:

32. FOOT PROTECTION
Why is Foot Protection
Important?
The human foot is rigid enough to
support the weight of your entire
body, and yet flexible enough to
allow you to run, dance, play
sports, and to take you anywhere
you want to go.Without your feet
and toes, your ability to work at
your job would be greatly
reduced.

33. POTENTIAL HAZARDS
Impact Injuries Spills & Splashes Compression Injuries
Electrical Shocks Slipping Heat/Cold

34. WHEN MUST FOOT PROTECTION BE PROVIDED?
When any of these are present:
 Heavy objects such as barrels or tools that might roll onto or
fall on employees’ feet
 Sharp objects such as nails or spikes that might pierce ordinary
shoes
 Molten metal that might splash on feet
 Hot or wet surfaces
 Slippery surfaces

35. FOOT PROTECTION
Types of Foot PPE
Safety Shoes and Boots
 Steel toe footwear
 protects your toes from falling objects and
from being crushed
 Metatarsal footwear
 special guards that run from your ankle to
your toes and protect your entire foot
 Reinforced sole footwear
 metal reinforcement that protects your foot
from punctures
 Latex/Rubber footwear
 resists chemicals and provides extra traction
on slippery surfaces

36. FOOT PROTECTION
 PVC footwear
 protects your feet against moisture and
improves traction
 Butyl footwear
 protects against most ketones,
aldehydes, alcohols, acids, salts.
 Vinyl footwear
 resists solvents, acids, salts, water,
grease, and blood
 Nitrile footwear
 resists animal fats, oils, and chemicals

37. FOOT PROTECTION
 Electrostatic dissipating
footwear
 conducts static electricity to floors that
are grounded
 Electrical hazard footwear
 insulated with tough rubber to prevent
shocks and burns from electricity
 Disposable footwear
 includes shower slippers, clear
polyethylene and non-woven booties
used in dust free work areas

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BODY PROTECTION
Provide protective clothing for parts of the body
exposed to possible injury.
Types of body protection:
 Vests
 Aprons
 Jackets
 Full body suits
Coveralls

39. GOOD PERSONAL HYGIENE
PRACTICES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES
Good Personal Habits
Proper Clothing
Good Health
Hand Washing
Handling Products Properly
Bathe or shower daily
Keep fingernails clean and
trimmed at all times

40. Elimination or Control of
Hazards
 Machine Guards
 Work Area Barriers
 Lighting
 Ventilation
 Signs andWarnings
 Eyewash Stations
 Safe Work Practices
 Must be use right PPE for right job
 Prohibits use of defective / damaged
equipment
 Engineering Controls
 Procedures
 Housekeeping and Hygiene

41. Improve personnel safety through
appropriate use of PPE.

43. THANKS FOR YOUR
PARTICIPATION
THINK SAFETY AND BE SAFE