. Ordinary
working clothes and clothing provided for food hygiene purposes are not
included the Personal Protective Equipment Work Regulations.
Hands and feet may need protection from abrasion, temperature extremes,
cuts and punctures, impact skin infection. This can avoided wearing appropriate mask, respirator or
breathing apparatus recommended the company’s health and safety
policy and indicated local safety signs.
A worker’s body may need protection against heat cold, bad weather,
chemical metal splash, impact penetration and contaminated dust.
Safety First
Safety Signs
● Always follow the instructions
given the safety signs where
you are working. Special slip
resistant soles can also provided for employees working wet areas. Where there need for PPE pro-
tect against personal injury and create safe working environment, the
employer must provide that equipment and any necessary training which
might required and the employee must make full and proper use of
such equipment and training.
Some people may prove allergic quite innocent products such as
flour dust the food industry wood dust the construction industry.
Whatever the hazard health and safety work, the employer must be
able demonstrate that she has carried out risk analysis, made
recommendations which will reduce that risk and communicated these
recommendations the workforce. Statutory laws and regulations are written legal framework, some don’t
actually tell how comply with the laws everyday level.
● will help keep you safe. Gloves gauntlets provide
protection from most industrial processes, but should not worn when
operating machinery because they may become entangled it.
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PPE
● Make list any PPE which you have used work. The lung disease asbestosis caused the
inhalation asbestos dust particles and the coal dust disease pneumo-
coniosis, suffered many coal miners, has made people aware the dan-
gers breathing contaminated air.14
Basic Electrical Installation Work
a potentially serious hazard.
The main effect inhaling dust measurable impairment lung func-
tion. Care in
selecting the appropriate protective device required; for example, barrier
creams provide only limited protection against infection.
Non-statutory regulations
Definition
Statutory laws and regulations are
written legal framework. Appropriate clothing
will recommended the company’s health and safety policy.
● What was this PPE protecting you from?
Boots shoes with in-built toe caps can give protection against impact or
falling objects and, when fitted with mild steel sole plate, can also provide
protection from sharp objects penetrating through the sole.
Alternatively, there may risk the worker’s own clothes causing con-
tamination the product, the food industry
