Personal Protective Personal Protective EquipmentEquipment

CFR 1910.132CFR 1910.132

Personal Personal protective protective equipment equipment includes all includes all clothing and clothing and other other workplace workplace accessories accessories designed to designed to create a create a barrier barrier against against workplace workplace hazards.hazards. The University of Tennessee

Office of Environmental Health & Safety

Personal Protective Personal Protective Equipment, Cont.Equipment, Cont.

The standard specifically The standard specifically covers personal protective covers personal protective equipment for eyes, face, equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, head, and extremities, protective clothing, protective clothing, respiratory devices, respiratory devices, protective shields and protective shields and barriers.barriers.

Employer Employer ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities

The standard The standard requires that the requires that the employer assess employer assess the workplace to the workplace to determine if determine if hazards that hazards that require the use of require the use of personal protective personal protective equipment are equipment are present or are likely present or are likely to be present.to be present.

Employer Employer Responsibilities, Cont.Responsibilities, Cont.

If hazards or the If hazards or the likelihood of likelihood of hazards are found hazards are found employers must employers must select and have select and have affected employees affected employees use properly fitted use properly fitted personal protective personal protective equipment suitable equipment suitable for protection from for protection from existing hazards.existing hazards.

Employee Employee ResponsibilityResponsibility

Using personal protective Using personal protective equipment requires hazard equipment requires hazard awareness and training on awareness and training on the part of the user.the part of the user.Employees must be aware Employees must be aware that the equipment does not that the equipment does not eliminate the hazard.eliminate the hazard.If the equipment fails, If the equipment fails, exposure will occur.exposure will occur.

Employee Employee Responsibility, Cont.Responsibility, Cont.

To reduce the possibility of To reduce the possibility of failure, equipment must be failure, equipment must be properly fitted and properly fitted and maintained in a clean and maintained in a clean and serviceable condition.serviceable condition.Both employer and employee Both employer and employee must understand the must understand the equipment’s purpose and its equipment’s purpose and its limitations.limitations.

Quiz Time!Quiz Time!

1. Personal protective equipment is designed to create a:

a. positive atmosphere within the workplace

b. barrier against workplace hazards

c. a false sense of security

1. Using personal protective equipment requires hazard awareness and training on part of the user.

a. True

b. False

Circle the correct answer below.

Identifying Hazards To Identifying Hazards To Your BodyYour Body

ImpactImpactPenetrationPenetrationCompression Compression (roll(roll--over)over)ChemicalsChemicalsHeatHeatHarmful dustHarmful dustlight radiationlight radiation

Eye and Face Eye and Face ProtectionProtection

General RequirementsGeneral Requirements

Each affected employee shall Each affected employee shall use appropriate eye or face use appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light potentially injurious light radiationradiation

Eye and Face Eye and Face Protection, Cont.Protection, Cont.

PPE : PPE : Safety Glasses Safety Glasses Goggles Goggles Face ShieldsFace Shields

Protection from: Protection from: Flying particles Flying particles Light Light Dust, Mist, Vapors Dust, Mist, Vapors Splash hazards Splash hazards Chemical ExposureChemical Exposure

Head ProtectionHead ProtectionGeneral RequirementsGeneral Requirements

All head protection is All head protection is designed to provide designed to provide protection from impact and protection from impact and penetration hazards caused penetration hazards caused by falling objects.by falling objects.The employer shall ensure The employer shall ensure that each affected employee that each affected employee wears a protective helmet wears a protective helmet when working in areas where when working in areas where there is a potential for injury there is a potential for injury to the head from falling to the head from falling objects.objects.

Head Protection, Cont.Head Protection, Cont.

PPE: PPE: Hard Hats Hard Hats (Electrical & (Electrical & NonNon-- electrical electrical rated) rated) Welding helmets Welding helmets

Protection from: Protection from: Falling objects Falling objects Impact Impact Welding Welding radiation & Byradiation & By--products products

Foot ProtectionFoot ProtectionGeneral RequirementsGeneral Requirements

The employer shall ensure The employer shall ensure that each affected employee that each affected employee uses protective footwear uses protective footwear when working in areas where when working in areas where there is a danger of foot there is a danger of foot injuries due to falling or injuries due to falling or rolling objects, or objects rolling objects, or objects piercing the sole, and where piercing the sole, and where such employee’s feet are such employee’s feet are exposed to electrical hazardsexposed to electrical hazards

Foot Protection, Cont.Foot Protection, Cont.

PPE: PPE: Steel Toe Steel Toe Grip Tread Grip Tread Puncture Proof Puncture Proof Electrically rated Electrically rated Chemical rating Chemical rating

Protection from: Protection from: Roll over Roll over Impact Impact Puncture Puncture Electrical Shock Electrical Shock Chemical Chemical exposureexposure

Hand ProtectionHand ProtectionGeneral RequirementsGeneral Requirements

Employers shall select and Employers shall select and require employees to use require employees to use appropriate hand protection appropriate hand protection when employees’ hands are when employees’ hands are exposed to hazards such as exposed to hazards such as those from skin absorption of those from skin absorption of harmful substances; severe harmful substances; severe cuts or lacerations; severe cuts or lacerations; severe abrasions; punctures; abrasions; punctures; chemical burns; thermal chemical burns; thermal burns; and harmful burns; and harmful temperature extremes.temperature extremes.

Hand Protection, Cont.Hand Protection, Cont.

PPE: PPE: Thermal Thermal protection protection (Hot/Cold) (Hot/Cold) Cut resistant /Cut resistant /Cut Proof Cut Proof Electrically rated Electrically rated Chemical RatedChemical Rated

Protection from: Protection from: Cuts Cuts Abrasions Abrasions Burn / Freeze Burn / Freeze Chemical contactChemical contact

Quiz Time!Quiz Time!

Circle the correct answer below.

1. Head protection can provide protection from radiation and by products.

a. True

b. False

2. The employer must ensure that each employee, whose feet are exposed to electrical hazards, uses protective footwear.

a. True

b. False

Engineering ControlsEngineering Controls

Personal protective Personal protective equipment should not equipment should not be used as a be used as a substitute for substitute for engineering , work engineering , work practice, and/or practice, and/or administrative administrative controls. PPE should controls. PPE should be used in conjunction be used in conjunction with these controls to with these controls to provide for employee provide for employee safety and health in safety and health in the workplace. the workplace.

TrainingTrainingGeneral RequirementsGeneral Requirements

The employer The employer shall provide shall provide training to training to each each employee who employee who is required by is required by this section to this section to use PPE.use PPE.Each such Each such employee employee shall be shall be trained to trained to know at least know at least the following:the following:

Training, Cont.Training, Cont.

When PPE is necessary;When PPE is necessary;What PPE is necessary;What PPE is necessary;How to properly don, How to properly don, remove, adjust, and wear remove, adjust, and wear PPE;PPE;The limitations of the PPE;The limitations of the PPE;The proper care, The proper care, maintenance, useful life and maintenance, useful life and disposal of the PPE. disposal of the PPE.

Training, Cont.Training, Cont.

Each affected employee shall Each affected employee shall demonstrate an demonstrate an understanding of the training understanding of the training specified in paragraph (f)(1) specified in paragraph (f)(1) of the General Requirements of the General Requirements section,section,and the ability to use PPE and the ability to use PPE properly, before being properly, before being allowed to perform work allowed to perform work requiring the use of PPE. requiring the use of PPE.

EmployeeEmployee--Owned Owned EquipmentEquipment

Where employees Where employees provide their own provide their own protective protective equipment, the equipment, the employer shall be employer shall be responsible to responsible to assure its assure its adequacy, including adequacy, including proper proper maintenance, and maintenance, and sanitation of such sanitation of such equipment. equipment.

RetrainingRetraining

When the employer has When the employer has reason to believe that any reason to believe that any affected employee who has affected employee who has already been trained does already been trained does not have the understanding not have the understanding and skill required by and skill required by paragraph (f)(2) of the paragraph (f)(2) of the General requirements General requirements section, the employer shall section, the employer shall retrain each such employee.retrain each such employee.

Retraining Is Retraining Is Required, But Not Required, But Not

Limited To:Limited To:

Changes in the workplace Changes in the workplace render training obsolete;render training obsolete;Changes in the types of PPE Changes in the types of PPE to be used render training to be used render training obsolete;obsolete;Inadequacies in an affected Inadequacies in an affected employee’s knowledge or use employee’s knowledge or use of assigned PPE indicate that of assigned PPE indicate that the employee has not the employee has not retained the requisite retained the requisite understanding or skill.understanding or skill.

Training Training DocumentationDocumentation

Employers are required to Employers are required to certify in writing that training certify in writing that training has been carried out and has been carried out and that employees understand that employees understand it. Each written certification it. Each written certification shall contain the name of shall contain the name of each employee trained, the each employee trained, the dates(s) of training, and dates(s) of training, and identify the subject certified.identify the subject certified.

PPE PPE -- Where In The Where In The Standard?Standard?

General General requirements requirements CFR 1910.132CFR 1910.132Eye and Face Eye and Face protection protection CFR 1910.133CFR 1910.133Respiratory Respiratory protection protection CFR 1910.134CFR 1910.134Head Head protection protection CFR 1910.135

Electrical Electrical protective protective devices devices CFR 1910.137CFR 1910.137Hand Hand protection protection CFR 1910.138CFR 1910.138NonNon--mandatory mandatory guidelines guidelines CFR 1910 CFR 1910 Subpart I App Subpart I App A&B

CFR 1910.135A&B

Remember!Remember!

PPE devices PPE devices alone should not alone should not be relied on to be relied on to provide provide protection protection against hazards, against hazards, but should be but should be used in used in conjunction with conjunction with guards, guards, engineering engineering controls, and controls, and sound sound manufacturing manufacturing practice.practice.

Any Questions?

Quiz Time!Quiz Time!

Circle the correct answer below.

1. Personal protective equipment should never be used in conjunction with engineering or administrative controls.

a. True

b. False

2. Where the employees provide their own protective equipment:

a. The employer is relieved of all responsibility for the employees safety

b. The employer must compensate the employee for the cost of the equipment

c. The employer shall be responsible to assure equipment adequacy, including maintenance, and sanitation.