Occupational Safety And HealthPersonal Protective EquipmentTengku Ahmad Ramadan Bin Tengku Kamarul Baharin

Mohd Zharfan Haziq BIn

Personal Protective Equipment

What is Personal Protective Equipment?Personal protective equipment or PPE is protective equipment used for work-related occupational health and safety purposes

Why is PPE important?PPE is designed to protect the workers body from hazards and injuries such as blunt impacts, electrical hazards, heat, chemicals, and infection, etc.

What Do I Wear?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.This includes wearing safety shoes, hearing protection, goggles, gloves, helmets, safety vests, etc.Depending on their jobs, employees are required to wear all PPE while they are in the manufacturing plant.

OHSA StandardsOHSA standards requires employer to:

Conduct documented assessment of workplace hazardsProvide appropriate PPE when requiredProvide training

OHSA Standard TrainingOHSA standard training includes:

When PPE is requiredWhat PPE is requiredProper Use of PPELimitationsCare & Maintenance

What does Personal Protective Equipment Include?Eye & Face Protection

Hearing Protection

Hand/Skin Protection

Body Protection

Head Protection

Foot Protection

Respiratory Protection

Eye & Face ProtectionEye and faceprotection is used toProtect eyes fromhazards from: Airborne particlesLiquid chemicalsMolten metalsLight radiationDust

Eye & Face Protection includes:

Safety glasses with side shields GogglesFace shieldsWelding Helmets

Safety GogglesNeeded to be used when protection is required against chemicals or particles Only provide protection to the eyes

Safety ShoesAll employees must wear safety shoes.To meet the required safety standard, all footwear must have steel toe caps and puncture resistant sole.

Hearing ProtectionWithin the manufacturing plants or other noise polluted work environments, employees are required to wear hearing protection.At different workplaces, employees may only use metal detectable earplugs provided by the company.

Respiratory ProtectionRespirators can be used for protection from contaminants in the air. This is only if other hazard control methods are not practical or possible under the working conditions.Respirators should not be considered the first choice for respiratory protection in workplaces.

Arm And Hand Protection Hand and arm protection required when handling abrasive, sharp or pointed objects or while working vibrating equipments such as pneumatic drills

Body ProtectionBody protection to protect body include overalls , aprons ,coveralss Life jackets harness and black support

Head ProtectionA safety Helmet to be worn where there is risk that person may be struck on the head by falling object .

Refereneshttps://www.osha.gov/SLTC/personalprotectiveequipment/http://www.orosha.org/pdf/pubs/2738.pdfhttp://books.hse.gov.uk/hse/public/saleproduct.jsf?catalogueCode=9780717661398

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