It defines personal protective equipment and its caveats.It also gives the various types of protection available with examples.

1. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT - WHAT’S
ABOUT?
Prepared by GAUTHAM S
IT ALL

2. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT
 Introduction
 Eye & Face Protection
 Head Protection
 Hand Protection
 Foot Protection
 Body Protection

3. INTRODUCTION
 Definition: Devices used to protect an employees from injury or
illness resulting from contact with chemical
, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace
hazards (OSHA)
 The need for PPE and the type of PPE used is based on hazard
present; each situation must be evaluated independently.
 It will be provided by the employer

4. SOME CAVEATS
 PPE is used as a last resort
 Always use the right PPE for the right purpose
 The use of PPE signifies that the hazard could not be controlled
by other methods, such as:
 administrative controls (i.e., shift rotation)
 engineering or industrial hygiene controls

5. SO, WHAT IS IT???

6. EYE AND FACE PROTECTION
Types of eye/face
hazards
 Impact
 Heat
 Chemicals
 Dust
 Light and/or
Radiation

7. EYE AND FACE PROTECTION
Types of Eye and Face
Personal Protective Equipment
 Safety Glasses
 much stronger and more resistant to impact and heat than
regular glasses
 equipped with side shields that give you protection from hazards
that may not be directly in front of you
 Should fit comfortable on face through all job tasks. Ensure that
glasses are not too big or too tight

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

9. EYE AND FACE PROTECTION
Types of Eye and Face
Personal Protective Equipment
Goggles
 surround the eye area, they give you more protection
in situations where you might encounter splashing
liquids, fumes, vapors, powders, dusts, and mists
 must indicate that they are chemical splash goggles to
be worn for that purpose
 Limitation
 Uncomfortable to wear with other head gear like helmet, ear muffs
or respirator

10. EYE AND FACE PROTECTION
Face Shields
 full face protection
 used around operations which expose you to
molten metal, chemical splashes, or flying
particles
 Can be used simultaneously as a hard hat
 Limitations
 Are not considered eye protection, will need to wear
goggles or glasses underneath
 Can fog up if working in poorly ventilated area

11. EYE AND FACE PROTECTION
Welding Helmets
 provide both face and eye protection
 use special absorptive lenses that filter the intense
light and radiant energy that is produced during
welding operations
 Limitations
 Heavy and hot, fog up
 Must wear safety glasses or goggles underneath helmet

12. HEARING PROTECTION - TYPES
 Ear Plugs - less expensive, disposable, good ones have fairly
high NRRs - sometimes difficult to tell if employees are wearing
them
 Ear Muffs - more expensive, more durable, typically higher NRRs
than plugs, more obvious
 Can be used together in very high noise areas

13. RESPIRATORY PROTECTION
 Protects users by removing
harmful materials that may
enter the body via the lungs
 Inhalation is one of the
quickest, most efficient ways
to introduce lethal levels of
hazardous materials into the
body

14. RESPIRATORS - TYPES
 Air Purifying Respirators (APR)
 Half-face
 Full Face
 Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPR)
 Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)
 N-95 respirators are a special class of respiratory protection
primarily used in the health care field

15. HEAD PROTECTION
Types of Head
hazards
Impact
Electric shock
Drips

16. HEAD PROTECTION
Types of Head PPE
 Hard hats
 A rigid shell that resists and deflects
blows to the head
 A suspension system inside the hat that
acts as a shock absorber
 Some hats serve as an insulator
against electrical shocks
 Shields your scalp, face, neck, and
shoulders against splashes, spills, and
drips
 Some hard hats can be modified so you
can add face shields, goggles, hoods, or
hearing protection to them

17. HEAD PROTECTION
Types of Head PPE
 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
 Bump caps are made from
lightweight plastic and are
designed to protect you from
bumping your head on
protruding objects

18. HAND PROTECTION
Types of Hand Hazards
 Traumatic Injuries
 Contact Injuries
 Repetitive Motion Injuries

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

20. HAND PROTECTION
Types of Hand PPE
Gloves
 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

21. FOOT PROTECTION
Types of Foot Hazards
 Impact Injuries
 Injuries from Spills and Splashes
 Compression Injuries
 Electrical Shocks
 Extremes in Cold, Heat, and Moisture
 Slipping

22. 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

23. FOOT PROTECTION
Type of Foot PPE
Safety Shoes and Boots
 PVC footwear
 protects your feet against moisture and
improves traction
 Butyl footwear
 protects against most ketones,
aldehydes, alcohols, acids, salts, and
alkalies
 Vinyl footwear
 resists solvents, acids, alkalies, salts,
water, grease, and blood
 Nitrile footwear
 resists animal fats, oils, and chemicals

24. FOOT PROTECTION
Types of Foot PPE
Safety Shoes and Boots
 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

25. BODY PROTECTION
Types of Body Hazards
Temperature stress
Chemical Contact
Radiation

26. BODY PROTECTION
Types of Body PPE
 Insulated Coats and Pants
 Fire resistant
 Heat resistant
 Cold resistant
 Sleeves and Aprons
 Work well when pouring or manipulating chemical to reduce splash
 Make sure the sleeves and aprons are appropriate for the chemical

27. BODY PROTECTION
Types of Body
Protection
Coveralls
 It use for particulate
filtering such as
asbestos
 Chemical rated
Full body suit
 Hazardous materials
handling
 Carbon filtering for
emergency response

28. DRESSED FOR SUCCESS!