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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)1. PPE Identification

• You are given a series of pictures showing workers wearing various PPE.• Study each picture thoroughly.• List all the PPE that you can identify.• Suggest what hazard each PPE is protecting

the worker against.• Discuss how each PPE work to protect the

worker.

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Figure 1.1: A lab tech pours a very toxic and corrosive liquid. To protect himself he wears a number of PPE.

Identify and List all the PPE in the Pictures

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Figure 1.2: A biologist is working with a very dangerous chemicals. The chemicals are known to be corrosive, reactive and can change to vapor easily. He wears the PPE as shown.

Identify and List all the PPE in the Pictures

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Figure 1.3: A chemist is working with chemicals that are very toxic, corrosive, and reactive. Also, when they react, they produce heat. She therefore wears the PPE in the picture.

Identify and List all the PPE in the Pictures

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2. PPE Suggestions• Your are a Lab Safety Manager. • You are given a series of pictures showing

different hazardous situations. • Suggest the best PPE, from the choices

given, that would be required to prevent, eliminate or reduce injury to workers.

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Choose the Best PPE

Figure 2.1: Workers evacuating a room on fire. There is a lot of smoke and fumes in the air.

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Figure 2.2: A safety sign warning workers that the chemical is corrosive (damages the skin upon contact).

Choose the Best PPE

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Figure 2.3: A safety placard warning worker that a laser is in use and special eye protection is required.

Choose the Best PPE

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Figure 2.4: A cartoon of a worker putting out a fire with an extinguisher.

Choose the Best PPE

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Figure 2.5: A safety sign warning that hazards such as dust or vapor present and that the worker need to wear respiratory protection.

Choose the Best PPE

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Figure 2.6: A cartoon representation of type of chemicals (corrosive, toxic, poisonous and reactive) that are in use in the workplace.

Choose the Best PPE

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Figure 2.7: A worker washes his eye at an Eye-wash Station after come chemical he was pouring splashed into his eye. What should he have worn to prevent this?

Choose the Best PPE

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Figure 2.8: A safety warning sign indicating that there is the risk of respiratory hazards in the area.

Choose the Best PPE

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