PPE - Overview
PPE – Overview
Overview - Eye & Face Protection
It can only take a moment for you to lose your sight. Because of workplace hazards, OSHA requires that employers supply appropriate eye protection. However, the employee must take responsibility and use the personal protective equipment that is provided. Eye injuries can be prevented if you use proper eye protection and maintain that eye protection.
What must my employer do?
- Your employer must ensure that all workers required to wear eye protection understand how to use it so that it offers the most protection.
- The worker must demonstrate an understanding of the training and the ability to use it properly before being allowed to perform work requiring its use.
What must I do as an employee who is required to wear eye protection?
- Understand how to use the required PPE.
- Know how to properly clean and maintain the PPE.
- Know the locations of and how to use the eyewash stations.
What must eye protection do?
- Adequately protect against the hazards for which they are designed.
- Be reasonably comfortable when worn under the designated conditions.
- Fit snugly without interfering with the movements or vision of the wearer.
- Be durable.
- Be capable of being disinfected.
- Be easily cleanable.
- Be kept clean and in good repair.
Overview – Face Protection
Face Protection is required by OSHA where there is a reasonable probability of preventing injury when such equipment is used. Employers must provide a type of protection that is suitable for the work being done. Employees must use the protection provided. A Bureau of Labor Statistics study found that about half of the injuries which occurred to workers’ faces resulted from not wearing the protective equipment supplied.
What must my employer do?
- Your employer must ensure that all workers required to wear face protection understand how to use it so that it offers the most protection.
- Workers must demonstrate an understanding of the training, the ability to use it properly before being allowed to perform work requiring its use.
What must I do as an employee who is required to use face protection?
- Understand how to use the required PPE.
Know how to properly clean and maintain the PPE.
What must face protection do?
- Adequately protect against the hazards for which it was designed.
- Be reasonably comfortable when worn under the designated conditions.
- Fit snugly without interfering with the movement or vision of the wearer.
- Be durable.
- Be capable of being disinfected.
- Be easily cleanable.
- Be kept clean and in good repair.