PPE KIT, TYPES AND ADVANTAGES, EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE AND TREATMENT FOR ENGINEERING

INDUSTRIES, MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE

Personal protective equipment (PPE) is a broad category of items (e.g., safety goggles, safety boots and
harnesses, eye protection, gloves, high-visibility garments, and so on) intended to shield people from
low-, medium-, and high-level threats.

PPE is meant for use in work and home sports, as well as recreation and sporting events, and falls under
the purview of the above Directive. Such practises can harm the user's body in a variety of ways. A
suitable kind of PPE must be carried or worn to ensure the user's health and protection in any
dangerous situation. In this regard, there are eight categories of personal protective equipment that are
essential for users' protection against hazards.
1. Head protection
2. Hand protection
3. Eye and face protection
4. Respiratory protection
5. Hearing protection
6. Foot protection
7. Body protection
8. Height and access protection
Head protection

Wearing PPE for head defence can help you prevent injury from dropping items or swinging objects.
Furthermore, the head protectors are intended to protect you from colliding with stationary objects.
Some head safety devices (for example, caps and hair nets) can also guard against entanglement or
scalping on machinery.

Examples of activities where you may need head protection:

• Workplace related: construction or building repair (e.g. renovation, restoration, etc.) and work
in tunnels or excavations;
• Leisure/Sport related: driving motorcycles.

Hand protection

Arms, palms, and fingertips are often broken, so it is important to use hand safety devices when
necessary. Fire, ice, shakes, wounds, cuts from sharp points, bacteriological hazards, and chemical
pollution can all be avoided with hand safety devices.

Examples of hand protection equipment:

• Work gloves and gauntlets;
• Wrist cuff arm nets.
Activities requiring hand protection equipment:
• construction and outdoor work;
• working with vibrating apparatus;
• working in hot or cold environments;
• working with chemicals and hazardous elements;
• manual handling of abrasive or sharp objects.
Eye and face protection

Numbers are terrifying! Every day, over 600 workers across the world suffer from eye injuries. Such
accidents are easily avoidable by merely using the appropriate eye and face security devices. The
following are some examples of such personal protective equipment:

• Safety glasses and goggles;

• Eye and face shields;
• Eyewear accessories;
• Over specs;
• Visors.
You are encouraged and advised to wear eye and face protection equipment when:
• working with lasers or power driven tools;
• using gas or vapour under pressure;
• performing welding operations;
• handling hazardous substances.