1. Personal Protective Equipment
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2. Definition
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is defined as all equipment designed to be worn or held to protect against a risk to health or safety. It includes most types
Eye and Face
Hand and arm
Foot and Leg
Head
Respiratory
Hearing
Skin
Trunk and abdomen
Whole body
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3. Employers duties Employers should ensure:-
All PPE is provided free of charge
PPE is suitable for its purpose
Information on procedures to maintain the PPE is freely available
Storage is available
Is maintained and in good repair
Is properly used
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4. Eyes Every year thousands of workers suffer eye injuries. Discomfort
Pain
Can cause blindness
When working follow any safety procedures set down by your employer
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5. Examples of Eye Protection
Spectacles: used for general/light eye protection
Goggles: used for heavier jobs e.g. Drilling/chopping large holes.
Full face mask:- used for grinding/preventing splashes when working with chemicals etc.
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6. Here are a few of them
A bog standard black eye when the brick he was cutting flew up and gave him a whack
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7. Here are a few of them
The caustic soda he was using to clear a blocked drain splashed into his eyes.
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8. Foot Protection
Toe and foot injuries account for 15% of reported accidents
Can result in pain
Disability
Loss of work
Loss of income
Using correct footwear in different working environments can save your life e.g. when working with electricity use rubber soled boots
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9. Footwear Examples
Safety Trainer: used by workers in light work situations
Safety Boot: used by workers for heavy work situations
Safety Shoe:
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10. And this is all that happened!
This is a safety boot worn by a bloke who got his foot caught in a bit of machinery
And this is all that happened!
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11. This is the foot of a bloke who caught his foot in a bit of machinery
And wasn’t wearing safety boots
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12. Hand Protection Hands are irreplaceable tools
Used for almost everything:
Working
Playing
Driving
Eating
1 in 4 work related injuries are on hands and fingers
One of the most common problems is a skin disease called dermatitis.
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13. Hand Protection General Purpose Gloves: prevention of cuts
Heavy Duty Rubber: working with hazardous substances e.g. clearing toilets
Specialists Gloves: these are rated to 1000 volts electrician gloves
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14. The owner of this hand was wearing fabric ‘gardening’ gloves which became soaked with petrol
And caught fire!
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15. No little throbbing finger here.
In fact.. No fingers!
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16. Head Protection That rule is gravity, on building sites that can mean
Sir Issac Newton tells us why an apple falls from the sky
And every working tool is governed by the self same rule
That rule is gravity, on building sites that can mean
Falling masonry
Falling scaffolding materials
Falling tools
Also walking into objects that are head height.
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17. Head Protection
Bump Caps: used where there is a chance of walking into something at head height
Hard Hats: used for all types of work industrial, building work
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18. Walking into the end of a scaffold pole certainly hurt
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19. This is what happens when a hard hat is hit by a falling object.
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20. This is what happens when a head is hit by a falling object.
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21. And this.
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22. Safety Hat Guidelines Adjust the fit so it is comfortable
Straps should be snug not too tight
Don’t wear your hat back to front, tilted
Do not carry anything in the clearance space of your helmet.
Never wear an ordinary hat under your helmet
Do not paint your safety helmet, why?
Do not throw or drop the hat
Inspect for cracks, dents and signs of wear
Check strap for looseness worn stitching
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23. Ear Protection You may have to wear ear protection for certain jobs
Using a large hammer drill
Drilling a core drill through brickwork
Using a ‘Kango’ type of drill to chase pipes into floors etc
When others are using large or noisy machinery
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24. Ear Protection Ear plugs: fit inside the ear and are disposable
Ear muff: used for noise in excess of 90 Db
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25. Respiratory Protection
Breathing in:
Dusts
Mists
Fibre particles
Soot, this could require a respirator with filters
Dangerous gases:
Lead welding indoors
Entering a sewer system, full breathing apparatus would be required; but only after specialist training
Death can occur if not undertaken
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26. Respiratory Protection
Dust mask: low level dust/mists
Filtered mask: High level dust/soot
Respirator: High level of gases/sewer gases
Special Training required
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27. Look after your lungs A nice healthy lung A very unhealthy lung
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28. LESSON COMPLETE
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