The document outlines OSHA regulations regarding personal protective equipment. It discusses requirements for employers to provide protective equipment like footwear, head, hearing, eye and face protection when hazards are present. It also covers criteria for respiratory protection programs, fall protection, safety nets, lifejackets and more. Employers must ensure equipment is properly selected and maintained, and that employees are trained.

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2. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1926.95 Criteria for personal protective equipment.
1926.95(a) “Application. “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 whenever 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.”

3. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1926.95 Criteria for personal protective equipment.
1926.95(b) Employee-owned equipment. “Where
employees provide their own protective equipment, the
employer shall be responsible to assure its adequacy,
including proper maintenance, and sanitation of such
equipment.”
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4. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1926.96 Occupational foot protection
1926.96 Safety-toe footwear for employees shall meet
the requirements and specifications in American
National Standard for Men’s Safety-Toe footwear,
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5. FOOT PROTECTION
Class 75 – Protection from a force of 75 foot-pounds
Compression of 2,500 pounds.
Class 50 – Protection from a force of 50 foot-pounds
Compression of 1,750 pounds.
Class 30 – Protection from a force of 30 foot-pounds
Compression of 1,000 pounds.
*Foot-pounds = weight of an object multiplied by the
height at which it is dropped
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6. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1926.100 Head protection
1926.100(a) “Employees working in areas where there
is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or
from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock
and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets.”
1926.100(b) “Helmets for the protection of employees
against impact and penetration of falling objects shall
meet the specification contained in American National
Standards Institute, Z89.1 – 1969, Safety
Requirements for Industrial Head Protection.”

7. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1926.100 Head protection
1926.100(c) “Helmets for the head protection of
employees exposed to high voltage electrical shock and
burns shall meet the specifications contained in
American National Standards Institute, Z89.2-1971.”
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8. Hard Hat Suspension System

9. Cowboy Hard Hat

10. HEAD PROTECTION
The three classes of hard hats are;
G – General – General service limited voltage
protection – protect your head up to 2,200 volts.
E – Electrical – Utility service high voltage
protection – protect your head up to 20,000 volts.
C – Conductive – Special service – no voltage
protection.
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11. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1926.101 Hearing protection
1926.101(a) “Wherever it is not feasible to reduce the
noise levels or duration of exposures to those specified
in Table D-2, Permissible Noise Exposures, in 1926.52,
ear protective devices shall be provided and used.”
1926.101(b) “Ear protective devices inserted in the ear
shall be fitted or determined individually by
competent persons.”
1926.101(c) “Plain cotton is not an acceptable
protective device.”

12. Examples of Hearing Protectors
Earmuffs Earplugs Canal Caps

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14. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1926.102 Eye and face protection
1926.102(a) General. (1) “Employees shall be
provided with eye and face protection equipment
when machines or operations present potential eye
or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation
agents.”
1926.102(a)(2) “Eye and face protection equipment
required by this Part shall meet the requirements
specified in American National Standards Institute,
Z87.1-1968, Practice for Occupational and
Educational Eye and Face Protection.”

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16. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1926.103 Respiratory protection
NOTE: “The requirements applicable to construction
work under this section are identical to those set forth
at 29 CFR 1910.134 of this chapter.”
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17. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1910.134 Respiratory protection
1910.134(c)(1) “In any workplace where respirators are
necessary to protect the health of the employee or
whenever respirators are required by the employer, the
employer shall establish and implement a written
respiratory protection program with worksite-specific
procedures. The program shall be updated as necessary
to reflect those changes in workplace conditions that
affect respirator use. The employer shall include in the
program the following provisions of this section, as
applicable.”

18. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1910.134 Respiratory protection
1910.134(c)(2)(i) “An employer may provide
respirators at the request of employees or permit
employees to use their own respirators, if the
employer determines that such respirator use will not
in itself create a hazard. If the employer determines
that any voluntary respirator use is permissible, the
employer shall provide the respirator users with the
information contained in Appendix D to this section
(“Information for Employees Using Respirators
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19. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1910.134 Respiratory protection
1910.134(c)(2)(ii) “In addition, the employer must
establish and implement those elements of a written
respiratory protection program necessary to ensure
that any employee using a respirator voluntarily is
medically able to use that respirator, and the
respirator is cleaned, stored, and maintained so that
its use does not present a health hazard to the user.
Exception: Employers are not required to include in a
written respiratory protection program those
employees whose only use of respirators involves the
voluntary use of filtering facepieces (dust masks).”

20. Filtering Facepiece (Dust Mask)

21. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1910.134 Respiratory protection
1910.134(d) Selection of respirators. “This paragraph
requires the employer to evaluate respiratory hazard(s)
in the workplace, identify relevant workplace and user
factors, and base respirator selection on these factors.
The paragraph also specifies appropriately protective
respirators for use in IDLH atmospheres, and limits the
selection and use of air-purifying respirators.”
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22. Tight -Fitting Coverings
Quarter Mask Half Mask
Full Facepiece Mouthpiece/Nose Clamp
(no fit test required)

23. Loose-Fitting Coverings
Hood Helmet
Loose-Fitting
Facepiece Full Body Suit

24. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1910.134 Respiratory protection
1910.134(d)(1) General requirements. (i) “The employer
shall select and provide an appropriate respirator
based on the respiratory hazard(s) to which the
worker is exposed and workplace and user factors that
affect respirator performance and reliability.”
1910.134(d)(1)(ii) “The employer shall select a NIOSH-
certified respirator. The respirator shall be used in
compliance with the conditions of its certification.”
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25. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1910.134 Respiratory protection
1910.134(e)(1) General. “The employer shall provide
a medical evaluation to determine the employer’s
ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit
tested or required to use the respirator in the
workplace. The employer may discontinue an
employee’s medical evaluations when the employee
is no longer required to use a respirator.”
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26. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1910.134 Respiratory protection
1910.134(f) Fit testing. This paragraph requires that,
before an employee may be required to use any
respirator with a negative or positive pressure tight-
fitting facepiece, the employer must be fit tested with
the same make, model, style, and size of respirator
that will be used……………………………….
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27. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1910.134 Respiratory protection
1910.134(k) Training and information. “This
paragraph requires the employer to provide effective
training to employees who are required to use
respirators. The training must be comprehensive,
understandable, and recur annually, and more often
if necessary. This paragraph also requires the
employer to provide the basic information on
respirators in Appendix D of this section to employees
who wear respirators when not required by this
section or by the employer to do so.”

28. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1910.134 Respiratory protection
1910.134(l) Program evaluation. “This section
requires the employer to conduct evaluations of the
workplace to ensure that the written respiratory
protection program is being properly implemented
and to consult employees to ensure that they are
using the respirators properly.”
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29. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1910.134 Respiratory protection
1910.134(m) Recordkeeping. “This section requires
the employer to establish and retain written
information regarding medical evaluations, fit testing,
and the respirator program. This information will
facilitate employee involvement in the respirator
program, assist the employer in auditing the
adequacy of the program, and provide a record for
compliance determinations by OSHA.”
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30. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1926.104 Safety belts, lifelines, and lanyards.
1926.104(a) “Lifelines, safety belts, and lanyards shall
be used only for employee safeguarding. Any lifeline,
safety belt, or lanyard actually subjected to in-service
loading, as distinguished from static load testing, shall
be immediately removed from service and shall not be
used again for employee safeguarding.”
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31. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1926.104 Safety belts, lifelines, and lanyards.
1926.104(b) “Lifelines shall be secured above the
point of operation to an anchorage or structural
member capable of supporting a minimum dead
weight of 5,400 pounds.”
1926.104(d) “Safety belt lanyard shall be a minimum
of ½ - inch nylon, or equivalent, with a maximum
length to provide for a fall of no greater than 6 feet.
The rope shall have a nominal breaking strength of
5,400 pounds.”

32. Body Belt

33. Lanyard
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34. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1926.105 Safety nets
1926.105(a) “Safety nets shall be provided when
workplaces are more than 25 feet above the ground
or water surface, or other surfaces where the use of
ladders, scaffolds, catch platforms, temporary floors,
safety lines, or safety belts is impractical.”
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35. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1926.105 Safety nets
1926.105(b) “Where safety net protection is required
by this part, operations shall not be undertaken until
the net is in place and has been tested.”
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36. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1926.105 Safety nets
1926.105(c)(1) “Nets shall extend 8 feet beyond the
edge of the work surface where employees are
exposed and shall be installed as close under the
work surface as practical but in no case more than
25 feet below such work surface. Nets shall be hung
with sufficient clearance to prevent user’s contact
with the surfaces or structures below. Such
clearances shall be determined by impact load
testing.”
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38. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1926.105 Safety nets
1926.105(c)(2) “It is intended that only one level of
nets be required for bridge construction.”
1926.105(d) “The mesh size of nets shall not exceed 6
inches by 6 inches. All new nets shall meet accepted
performance standards of 17,500 foot-pounds
minimum impact resistance as determined and
certified by the manufacturers, and shall bear a label
of proof test. Edge ropes shall provide a minimum
breaking strength of 5,000 pounds.” 38

39. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1926.105 Safety nets
1926.105(e) “Forged steel safety hooks or shackels
shall be used to fasten the net to its supports.”
1926.105(f) “Connections between net panels shall
develop the full strength of the net.”
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40. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1926.106 Working over or near water
1926.106(a) “Employees working over or near water,
where the danger of drowning exists, shall be provided
with U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket or
buoyant work vests.”
1926.106(b) “Prior to and after each use, the buoyant
work vests or life preservers shall be inspected for
defects which would alter their strength or buoyancy.
Defective units shall not be used.”
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41. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
OSHA ADMINISTRATION
Subpart E – Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
1926.106 Working over or near water
1926.106(c) “Ring buoys with at least 90 feet of line
shall be provided and readily available for
emergency rescue operations. Distance between ring
buoys shall not exceed 200 feet.”
1926.106(d) “At least one lifesaving skiff shall be
immediately available at locations where employees
are working over or adjacent to water.”
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