PERSONAL PROTECTIVE

EQUIPMENT (PPE)
 PPE Course Overview
•What is Personal Protection Equipment?
•Why is it important?
•What Do I wear?
•OHSA Standards
•What does PPE include?
•Eye Care
•Safety Goggles
•Safety Boots
•Hearing Protection
•Respiratory Protection
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 worker’s 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 Standards
OHSA standards requires employer to:
•Conduct documented assessment of workplace hazards
•Provide appropriate PPE when required
•Provide training
OHSA Standard Training
OHSA standard training includes:

 When PPE is required

 What PPE is required
 Proper Use of PPE
 Limitations
 Care & 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 Protection
Eye and face protection is used to Protect eyes from hazards
from:
 Airborne particles
 Liquid chemicals
 Molten metals
 Light radiation
 Dust

Eye & Face Protection includes:

 Safety glasses with side shields

 Goggles
 Face shields
 Welding Helmets
Safety Goggles
 Needed to be used when protection is required against
chemicals or particles
 Only provide protection to the eyes
 Goggles are not considered a sources of protection for
the whole face, and cannot be used for this purpose.
Safety Goggles - CSA
 The Canadian Standards Association (CSA)- certifies that
safety glasses have plastic polycarbonate lenses.
 The manufacturer or supplier logo must be marked or
etched on all approved safety lenses, frames (front and temple),
removable side shields, and other parts of the glasses, goggles,
or helmets.
 Safety frames are stronger than street-wear frames and are
mostly heat resistant.
Safety Shoes
 All employees must wear safety shoes.
 To meet the required safety standard, all footwear must
have steel toe caps and puncture resistant sole.
Hearing Protection
 Within 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 Protection
 Respirators 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.
Respirators should only be used when...
 administrative controls or engineering are not technically
feasible

 engineering controls are being installed or repaired

 emergencies or other temporary situations arise such as

maintenance operations