P- personal

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Personal Protective
Equipment
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 PPE Training-Initial
 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is any safety equipment
workers wear to prevent injury in the workplace when
engineering and administrative controls fail to eliminate the
hazard.
 Training is required by OSHA regulations contained in 29CFR
1910.132-140.
 After going through training you will know:

 When PPE is necessary

 What PPE is necessary
 How to properly don, doff, adjust and wear PPE
 The limitations of PPE
 The proper care, maintenance, useful life, and
disposal of the PPE
 What is this training based on?

 Supervisors and/or safety officers from your specific

work unit conducted a hazard assessment to determine
any and all jobs that would require the use of PPE.

 This information was then consolidated into one

document Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)

 PPE that shows up on the J.H.A. is required to be worn.

Personal Protective
Equipment
Welcome
• What must happen before PPE?

• What is a Job Hazard Analysis?

• How to wear Personal Protective

Equipment, correctly.

• Pictograms on labels of chemicals…

WHY?
What happens, when we don’t use
our P.P.E.
Personal Protective
Equipment
Module- 1
• What must happen before PPE?

• What is a Job Hazard Analysis?

• How to wear Personal Protective

Equipment, correctly.

• Pictograms on labels of chemicals…

WHY?
 Personal Protective
Equipment
Before PPE Selection begins,
one must try to ELIMINATE
the danger
if possible.
Personal Protective Equipment
Employers must protect employees:

Assess the workplace

Eliminate and/or reduce the hazards found using
engineering and administrative controls
Ifthe Hazard cannot be Eliminated, then personal
protective equipment, is required
Remember, Personal Protective Equipment is the last
level of control.
Personal Protective
Equipment
• What must happen before PPE?
Module- 2
• What is a Job Hazard Analysis?

• How to wear Personal Protective

Equipment, correctly.

• Pictograms on labels of chemicals…

WHY?
Personal Protective Equipment 2
1)Task
What Am I doing?

2) Potential Hazard
What injury can occur?

3) Controls to eliminate
Hazard
How Will I protect myself?
Personal Protective Equipment 3
Why is a JHA important?

Once you know what the hazards are, you can reduce or
eliminate them before anyone gets hurt.

It will take a little time to do your JHAs, but it's time well
spent.

Be sure to involve employees in the process --- they do the

work and often know the best ways to work more safely.
Personal Protective Equipment 4
How do I do it?

1. Break the job task into steps.

1. Watch the worker do the job and list each step

in order

2. Do not make it too broad or too detailed

3. Review the steps with the worker and other

workers who do the same job to make sure you
have not left anything out.
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How do I do it?

2. Identify the hazards of each step.

For each hazard, ask:

1. What can go wrong?

2. What are the consequences?
3. How could it happen?
4. What are other contributing factors?
5. How likely is it that the hazard will occur?
Personal Protective Equipment 6
How do I do it?

3. Establish ways to eliminate or reduce the hazards.

•Safer way to do the job

•Be specific - don’t use generalizations like "Be Careful“
•Changes in equipment
•E.g. machine guards, improved lighting, better ventilation
•P.P.E.- gloves, hearing protection, hard hats, respirators.
Personal Protective
Equipment
Module- 3
• What must happen before PPE?

• What is a Job Hazard Analysis?

• How to wear Personal Protective

Equipment, correctly.

• Pictograms on labels of chemicals…

WHY?
The Fundamentals
of Personal
Protective
Equipment (PPE)
Eye and Face Protection
1910.133
 Personal Protective
Eye and Face Equipment
Protection 2
Respiratory Protection
1910.134
 Personal Protective
Equipment
Respiratory Protection 2
 Protect Your Breathing
Employees need to be medically
cleared to wear respirators before
commencing use.

A physician or other licensed

health care professional needs to
medically evaluate employees to
determine under what conditions
they can safely wear respirators.
Head Protection
1910.135
 Personal Protective
Head Protection 2
Equipment
Head PPE Needed when employees are
exposed to hazards that have
potential to cause a head
injury.

Examples of hazards:
Working near Working
Falling exposed Working Working at around
Flying
objects or energized around or on construction overhead
objects.
materials. electrical scaffolds. sites. tools or
equipment. machinery.
 Types of Head Protection
 Impact Protection
 Type I – Is designed to protect only against objects falling from straight
overhead, hitting the hardhat on the top.
 Type II – Is designed to protect against blows on the top of the head as
well as side impacts.

 Electrical
 Class A (old American National Standards Institute standard) or Class G
(new ANSI Standard) good up to 2,200 volts.
 Class B (old ANSI standard) or Class E (new ANSI Standard) good up to
20,000 volts.
 Class C not rated for electrical protection.
 Donning Head Protection

 Hard hat protection is effective only if the hat is

adjusted to fit properly and is worn squared and
not cocked at an angle or perched on the back
of the head.

 Severe lacerations from relatively light blows

have been incurred by workers wearing hard
hats in unusual positions.

 Must not be worn backwards.

 Care and Maintenance

 Checkprior to each use for cracks,

damaged suspension and chalky
appearance (UV damage).
 Be aware that stickers placed on hardhat can conceal
damage. Markers will soften the plastic

 Replace as necessary.

 Do not store in direct sunlight.

 Protect Your Head
Use a hard hat when:

 objects might fall from

above
 youmight bump your
head, such as on pipes or
beams
 your head might touch
electrical hazards
Foot Protection
1910.136
 Personal Protective
Equipment
Foot Protection 2
 Personal Protective
Equipment
Foot Protection 3
Use foot and leg protection when:

 heavy objects might roll onto or fall on your feet

 working with sharp objects that could pierce the soles or uppers of
ordinary shoes
 near hot metal
 working on or around hot, wet or slippery surfaces
 electrical hazards are present
 Protect Your Legs and Feet
Use foot and leg protection
when:

 heavy objects might roll onto or

fall on your feet
 working with sharp objects that
could pierce the soles or uppers of
ordinary shoes
 working on or around hot, wet or
slippery surfaces
 electrical hazards are present
Hand Protection
1910.138
 Personal Protective
Equipment
Hand Protection 2
 Protect Your Hands and Body
Use protective clothing
when you are near:

 intense heat or cold

 hot metals and liquids
 tools, machinery, and materials
 hazardous chemicals
 potentially infectious materials,
like blood
 radiation
Hearing Protection
1910.95
 Personal Protective
Equipment
Hearing Protection 2
 Protect Your Hearing

Use earplugs or earmuffs when:

 you are exposed to loud noise from

machines, tools, fans, or music
systems

 One sign for high noise levels is if you

need to raise your voice to be heard
by someone nearby (3 feet)
Personal Protective
Equipment
Module- 4
• What must happen before PPE?

• What is a Job Hazard Analysis?

• How to wear Personal Protective

Equipment, correctly.

• Pictograms on labels of chemicals…

WHY?
Working Around Chemicals Safely

 Picture of label from Quickcard

 Pictograms on Labels

G.H.S.
 Safety Data Sheets

Look for Safety Data Sheets for each chemical in your work
area--you should have easy access to this information.

Each Safety Data Sheet provides information that can be read

quickly in an emergency, including:

 first-aid instructions, symptoms, and medical care

 what to do in case of fire
 how to safely cleanup chemical spills or leaks
Personal Protective Measures

Personal protective equipment (PPE) can

help to protect you from exposure to
chemicals.
 Eye, face, skin, and respiratory
protection
 Special PPE for chemicals includes
rubber aprons or gloves
Eyewash stations
 Remember
You have the right and responsibility to be safe at work.

Your employer has the responsibility to provide a

workplace free from safety hazards.

OSHA is the US Government

agency that protects your
safety rights.

Know how to contact OSHA to

protect yourself and others
from accidents.
 Personal Protective
Review
Equipment
 Knowledge Check
1. Before Personal Protective equipment is
assigned, What Steps must be taken first?

a) Eliminate and/or reduce the hazards found

using engineering and administrative controls

b) If the Hazard cannot be Eliminated then

personal protective equipment, is required.

c) Remember, Personal Protective Equipment is

the last level of control.
 Knowledge Check 2
2. On a JHA… What are the 3 important
steps?

1. Break the job task into steps.

2. Identify the hazards of each step.

3. Establish ways to eliminate or reduce the

hazards.
 Knowledge Check 3

3. Why is P.P.E. considered the Least

Effective means to protect workers?

PPE is the least effective way to protect

workers from hazards because it puts the
worker in contact with the HAZARD,

If the equipment fails, workers are

exposed to the hazard.
 Knowledge Check 4
4. Eye Protection Must Meet What Standard?

OSHA's eye protection standard, states that OSHA

will accept eye protection that can be
demonstrated to be at least as effective as
protective eye and face protection devices that are
constructed in accordance with:

ANSI Z87.1
American National Standards Institute
 Knowledge Check 5
5. Respiratory protection, meets what
standard?

OSHA revised its Respiratory Protection Standard in

1998.
The new American National Standard Practices for
Respiratory Protection, Z88.2-2015, was approved by
ANSI on March 4, 2015,

ANSI Z88.2
American National Standards Institute
 Knowledge Check 6
6. Before you can be trained and fit tested on
Respiratory Protection…. What will the
worker need to bring in?

A Medical Evaluation cleared by their doctor.

 Knowledge Check 7
6. Before you can be trained and fit tested on
Respiratory Protection…. What will the worker
need to bring in?
A Medical Evaluation cleared by their doctor.

7. According to OSHA… How often must you be fit

tested?

At least once a year, or when a DIFFERENT

Respirator is going to be assigned.
 Knowledge Check 8
8. What Types of Hard Hats are available?
 Knowledge Check 9
8. What Types of Hard Hats are available?

Hard Hat performance is divided into three

categories:

 Class E, Electrical.
 Class G, General.
 Class C, Conductive.
 Knowledge Check 10
9. What is HAZCOM?
 Knowledge Check 11
9. What is HAZCOM?

Hazards Communication. Training includes

knowing how to use Safety Data sheets (SDS)
 Knowledge Check 12
9. What is HAZCOM?

Hazards Communication. Training includes

knowing how to use Safety Date sheets (SDS)

10. What does GHS stand for?

 Knowledge Check 13
9. What is HAZCOM?

Hazards Communication. Training includes

knowing how to use Safety Date sheets (SDS)

10. What does GHS stand for?

Globally Harmonized System of Classification

and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS)
Additional Resources
 OSHA website: http://www.osha.gov and OSHA offices: Call or Write
(800-321-OSHA)

 https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/personalprotectiveequipment/

 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

– OSHA’s sister agency

 OSHA Training Institute Education Centers

Standards that Apply OSHA Standards: 29 CFR 1910.67, 29 CFR 1910.269(p), 29 CFR 1926.21, 29 CFR 1926.453, 29 CFR
1926.502. American National Standards Institutes standards: ANSI/SIA A92.2-1969, ANSI/SIA A92.3, ANSI/SIA A92.5,
ANSI/SIA A92.6.