Overall Personal protective equipment

1. Personal Protective Equipment
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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. ENGINEERING CONTROLS
 Initial design specifications/Equipment modification
 Substitute less harmful material
 Change process
 Enclose process

9. 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

10. PPE IS THE LAST LEVEL OF CONTROL!

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

12. 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. How can dust impact on our body

14. Impact of Dust

17. IS THIS AN APPROPRIATE MASK?

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

19. 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.
HEAD PROTECTION

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

21. IS THIS AN APPROPRIATE
HARD HAT?

22. Types of Hard Hats
 Class A Hard Hats
 Protect you from falling objects
 Protect you from electrical shocks
up to 2,200 volts
 Class B Hard Hats
 Protect you from falling objects
 Protect you from electrical shocks
up to 20,000 volts
 Class C Hard Hats
 Protect you from falling objects
 Bump Caps
 Protect you from bumping your
head on protruding objects

23. 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

24. Earmuffs Earplugs Canal Caps
Types of Hearing Protectors

25. EYE & FACE PROTECTION

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

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

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

29. Contact Lenses
 Wear your contacts with
caution if you work in areas
where you might be exposed
to fumes, dusts, powders,
vapors, chemical splashes,
molten metals, or intense
heat, light or glare .
 Some chemicals can react
with contacts and cause
permanent injury

30. IS THIS AN APPROPRIATE
RESPIRATOR?

31. 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

32. 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.

33. 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

34.  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

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

36. 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.

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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

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

43. 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

44. Elimination or Control of Hazards
 Machine Guards
 Work Area Barriers
 Lighting
 Ventilation
 Signs and Warnings
 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

45. Improve personnel safety through
appropriate use of PPE.

47. THANKS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION
THINK SAFETY AND BE SAFE