Common Sulphur Project

Common Sulphur Project
PPE
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Personal Protective
Equipment
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Protecting Employees from
Workplace Hazards
• Employers must protect employees from hazards such as
falling objects, harmful substances, and noise exposures
that can cause injury
• Employers must:
• Use all feasible engineering and work practice controls
to eliminate and reduce hazards
• Use personal protective equipment (PPE) if the
controls don’t eliminate the hazards.
• PPE is the last level of control!

Engineering Controls
If . . .
The work environment can be physically
changed to prevent employee exposure to the
potential hazard,
Then . . .
The hazard can be eliminated with an
engineering control

Engineering Controls
Examples . . .
• Initial design specifications
• Substitute less harmful material
• Change process
• Enclose process
• Isolate process

Work Practice Controls
If . . .
Employees can change the way they do their
jobs and the exposure to the potential hazard
is removed,
Then . . .
The hazard can be eliminated with a work
practice control

Work Practice Controls -- Examples

Responsibilities
• Employer
• Assess workplace for hazards
• Provide PPE
• Determine when to use
• Provide PPE training for employees and instruction in
proper use
• Employee
Use PPE in accordance with training
received and other instructions
Inspect daily and maintain in a clean and
reliable condition

Examples of PPE
Body Part Protection
Eye safety glasses, goggles
Face face shields
Head hard hats
Feet safety shoes
Hands and arms gloves
Bodies vests
Hearing earplugs, earmuffs

PPE Program
• Includes procedures for selecting, providing and
using PPE
• First -- assess the workplace to determine if
hazards are present, or are likely to be present,
which necessitate the use of PPE
• After selecting PPE, provide training to employees
who are required to use it

Training
If employees are required to use PPE, train them:
• Why it is necessary
• How it will protect them
• What are its limitations
• When and how to wear
• How to identify signs of wear
• How to clean and disinfect
• What is its useful life & how is it disposed

Head Protection

Causes of Head Injuries
• Falling objects such as
tools
• Bumping head against
objects, such as pipes or
beams
• Contact with exposed
electrical wiring or
components

Selecting the Right Hard Hat
Class A
• General service (building construction, shipbuilding, lumbering)
• Good impact protection but limited voltage protection
Class B
• Electrical / Utility work
• Protects against falling objects and high-voltage shock and
burns
Class C
• Designed for comfort, offers limited protection
• Protects against bumps from fixed objects, but does not protect
against falling objects or electrical shock

Eye Protection

When must Eye Protection be Provided?
When any of these hazards are present:
• Dust and other flying particles, such as metal
shavings or sawdust
• Corrosive gases, vapors, and liquids
• Molten metal that may splash
• Potentially infectious materials such as blood or
hazardous liquid chemicals that may splash
• Intense light from welding and lasers

Eye Protection
Criteria for Selection
• Protects against specific hazard(s)
• Comfortable to wear
• Does not restrict vision or movement
• Durable and easy to clean and disinfect
• Does not interfere with the function of other
required PPE

Eye Protection for Employees
Who Wear Eyeglasses
Ordinary glasses do not provide the required protection
Proper choices include:
• Prescription glasses with side shields and protective lenses
• Goggles that fit comfortably over corrective glasses without
disturbing the glasses
• Goggles that incorporate corrective lenses mounted behind
protective lenses

Safety Glasses
• Made with metal/plastic safety frames
• Most operations require side shields
• Used for moderate impact from particles produced by
jobs such as carpentry, woodworking, grinding, and
scaling

Goggles
• Protects eyes and area around the eyes from
impact, dust, and splashes
• Some goggles fit over corrective lenses

Laser (Welding) Safety Goggles
Protects eyes from intense concentrations
of light produced by lasers

Face Shields
• Full face protection
• Protects face from dusts and splashes or sprays of hazardous liquids
• Does not protect from impact hazards
• Wear safety glasses or goggles underneath

Welding Shields
Protects eyes against burns from radiant light
Protects face and eyes from flying sparks,
metal spatter, & slag chips produced during
welding, brazing, soldering, and cutting

Hearing Protection

Hearing Protection
When it’s not feasible to
reduce the noise or
its duration – use ear
protective devices
Ear protective devices

must be fitted

When Must Hearing Protection be
Provided?
After implementing engineering and work
practice controls
When an employee’s noise exposure exceeds

an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) sound
level of 90 dBA

Examples of Hearing Protectors
Earmuffs Earplugs Canal Caps

Foot Protection

When Must Foot Protection be
Provided?
When any of these are present:
• Heavy objects such as barrels or tools that might
roll onto or fall on employees’ feet
• Sharp objects such as nails or spikes that might
pierce ordinary shoes
• Molten metal that might splash on feet
• Hot or wet surfaces
• Slippery surfaces

Safety Shoes
• Impact-resistant toes and heat-
resistant soles protect against hot
surfaces common in roofing and
paving
• Some have metal insoles to protect
against puncture wounds
• May be electrically conductive for
use in explosive atmospheres, or
nonconductive to protect from
workplace electrical hazards

Hand Protection

When Must Hand Protection be
Provided?
When any of these are present:
• Burns
• Bruises
• Abrasions
• Cuts
• Punctures
• Fractures
• Amputations
• Chemical Exposures

What Kinds of Protective Gloves are
Available?
• Durable gloves made of metal mesh, leather, or canvas
• Protects from cuts, burns, heat
• Fabric and coated fabric gloves
• Protects from dirt and abrasion
• Chemical and liquid resistant gloves
• Protects from burns, irritation, and dermatitis
• Rubber gloves
• Protects from cuts, lacerations, and abrasions

Types of Rubber Gloves
Nitrile protects against
solvents, harsh
chemicals, fats and
petroleum products and
also provides excellent
resistance to cuts and
abrasions.
Butyl provides the

highest permeation
resistance to gas or water
vapors

Other Types of Gloves
Kevlar protects against

cuts, slashes, and
abrasion
Stainless steel mesh

protects against cuts
and lacerations

Body Protection

Major Causes of Body Injuries
• Intense heat
• Splashes of hot metals and other hot liquids
• Impacts from tools, machinery, and materials
• Cuts
• Hazardous chemicals
• Radiation

Body Protection
Criteria for Selection
• Provide protective clothing for parts of the body

exposed to possible injury
• Types of body protection:
• Vests
• Aprons
• Jackets
• Coveralls
• Full body suits
Coveralls

Body Protection
Cooling Vest Full Body Suit Sleeves and Apron

Summary
Employers must implement a PPE program where they:
• Assess the workplace for hazards
• Use engineering and work practice controls to eliminate or
reduce hazards before using PPE
• Select appropriate PPE to protect employees from hazards
that cannot be eliminated
• Inform employees why the PPE is necessary, how and when it
must be worn
• Train employees how to use and care for their PPE, including
how to recognize deterioration and failure
• Require employees to wear selected PPE
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Ear protective devices

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When an employee’s noise exposure exceeds

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Earmuffs Earplugs Canal Caps

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Butyl provides the

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Kevlar protects against

Stainless steel mesh

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• Provide protective clothing for parts of the body

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Cooling Vest Full Body Suit Sleeves and Apron

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