Personal Protective Equipment (OSHA 10-Hour Construction Outreach)

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   Personal Protective

   • Equipment
   • 10-Hour Construction Outreach
2. Slide 2

   Personal Protective Equipment

   • Source of photos: Mount Sinai/CHEP/elcosh.org
3. Slide 3

   Personal Protective Equipment

   • Lesson Overview
   • Hierarchy of controls
   • Types of PPE
   • PPE Training Requirements
   • Employer and Employee Responsibilities
   • Hazard Recognition Activity
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   Protecting Employees

   • Employers must protect employees:
   • Assess workplace
   • Eliminate and reduce hazards using engineering and administrative controls
   • Then use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE)
   • Remember, PPE is the last level of control!
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   Protecting Employees

   • Source: OSHA
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   Engineering Controls

   • Physical changes to workplace
   • Isolation
   • Ventilation
   • Equipment modification
   • Others
   • Mount Sinai/CHEP/elcosh.org
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   Administrative Controls

   • Requires worker to do something
   • Proper procedures
   • Inspection and maintenance
   • Housekeeping
   • Supervision
   • Regulated areas
   • Limit exposure by time or distance
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   Administrative Controls

   • Example: Noise Exposure
   • Operate noisy machines during shifts when fewer people are exposed
   • Limit the amount of time a person spends at a noise source
   • Provide quiet areas where workers can gain relief from hazardous noise sources
   • Control noise exposure through distance
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   Types of PPE

   • Source of photos: OSHA
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    Head Protection

    • Frequent Causes of Head Injuries:
    • Object striking head
    • Head striking object
    • Contact with exposed, energized electrical conductors
    • Source: OSHA
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    Classes of Hard Hats

    • Class G (General)
    • General service (e.g., building construction, shipbuilding, lumbering, and manufacturing)
    • Good impact protection
    • Limited voltage protection (proof-tested at 2,200 volts)
    • Source: OSHA
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    Classes of Hard Hats

    • Class E (Electrical)
    • Electrical work
    • Protect against falling objects
    • Protect against high-voltage shock/burns (proof-tested at 20,000 volts)
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    Classes of Hard Hats

    • Class C (Conductive)
    • Designed for comfort, offers limited protection
    • Protects heads that may bump against fixed objects
    • Does not protect against falling objects or electrical hazards
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    Eye and Face Protection

    • Common Causes of Eye Injuries
    • Dust
    • Flying particles
    • Harmful chemicals
    • Intense light
    • Welding
    • Lasers
    • Source: OSHA
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    Safety Glasses

    • Selecting eye and face protection:
    • Meet requirements of ANSI Z87
    • Elements to consider
    • Ability to protect
    • Fit and comfort
    • Vision and movement not restricted
    • Durable and cleanable
    • Other PPE not restricted
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    Safety Glasses

    • Protect against:
    • Flying particles from wood, metal, cement, plastics, or other materials
    • Airborne particulates such as ashes, dust, embers, sand blast, grit, paint, or other materials
    • Source: OSHA
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    Goggles

    • Protect eyes, eye sockets and facial area around eyes from impact, dust, & splashes
    • Goggles or other eye protection
    • may fit over corrective lenses
    • may not interfere with the function of the glasses
    • Source: OSHA
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    Welding Shields

    • Protect eyes from burns
    • Infrared light
    • intense radiant light
    • Protect face and eyes from
    • Source: OSHA
    • flying sparks
    • metal spatter slag
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    Face Shields

    • Protect face from nuisance dusts and potential splashes or sprays of hazardous liquids
    • Shields do not protect from impact hazards unless so rated
    • Shields are for face protection, not eye protection. To protect the eyes, wear safety glasses with side shields under the face shield.
    • Source: OSHA
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    Warning: Employees Who Wear Corrective Lenses

    • Workers who wear prescription glasses must also wear required eye protection.
    • NIOSH/John Rekus/elcosh.org
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    Respiratory Protection

    • Source: OSHA
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    Hearing Protection

    • Exposure to over 85 dB can cause hearing loss
    • Hearing protection required at 90 dB
    • Effective Hearing Conservation Program
    • Source: Construction Safety Association of Ontario
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    Hearing Protection

    • Examples
    • Disposable foam plugs
    • Molded ear plugs
    • Noise cancelling ear plugs
    • Ear muffs
    • NIOSH/John Rekus/elcosh.org
    • Consider Noise Reduction Rating (NRR) of devices
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    Hand and Arm Protection

    • Employers must provide hand protection when employees are exposed to hazards
    • Skin absorption of harmful substances
    • Severe cuts or lacerations
    • Severe abrasions
    • Punctures
    • Chemical and thermal burns
    • Harmful temperature extremes
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    Types of Gloves

    • Leather Palm
    • Anti-vibration
    • Heat Resistant
    • Permeation Resistant
    • Source of photos: OSHA
    • Cut Resistant
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    Foot and Leg Protection

    • Causes of Foot Injuries
    • Heavy objects
    • Sharp objects
    • Molten metal
    • Hot surfaces
    • Slippery or wet surfaces
    • Electrical hazards
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    Foot and Leg Protection

    • Examples
    • Impact-resistant toe and/or instep
    • Steel
    • Composite
    • Source: OSHA
    • Heat-resistant soles
    • Metal shanks
    • Specialty footwear may be needed
    • Metatarsal guards
    • Liquid or chemical resistant
    • Conductive or nonconductive
    • Steve Clark/Laborers/elcosh.org
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    Body Protection

    • Causes of bodily injuries
    • Intense heat
    • Splashes of hot metals or hot liquids
    • Impacts from tools, machinery, or materials
    • Sharp objects
    • Hazardous chemicals
    • Contact with potentially infectious materials
    • Radiation
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    Body Protection

    • Mount Sinai/CHEP/elcosh.org
    • NIOSH/John Rekus/elcosh.org
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    Training

    • Why PPE is necessary
    • How PPE will protect the employee What PPE can and cannot do When and how to wear PPE
    • How to identify signs of wear and tear
    • How to clean and disinfect PPE
    • When PPE is worn out and how to properly dispose of PPE
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    Responsibilities

    • Employers must:
    • Assess hazards
    • Select appropriate PPE and determine when to use
    • Provide some PPE at no cost to employee
    • Make sure that employee-owned PPE is adequate, properly maintained and sanitary
    • Train employees and enforce use of PPE
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    Responsibilities

    • Employees must:
    • Actively participate in training
    • Consistently use PPE as prescribed
    • Properly maintain, inspect, clean, and store PPE
    • Immediately replace damaged PPE
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    Hazard Recognition

    • Identify hazards and PPE needed
    • Southwest OSHA Training Institute Education Center/elcosh.org
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    Hazard Recognition

    • Identify hazards and PPE needed
    • Mount Sinai/CHEP/elcosh.org
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    Hazard Recognition

    • Identify hazards and PPE needed
    • Source: OSHA
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    Hazard Recognition

    • Identify hazards and PPE needed
    • Source : OSHA
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    Always Remember

    • Employers must:
    • Assess the workplace for hazards
    • Use engineering and work practice controls to eliminate or reduce hazards
    • Select and provide appropriate PPE at no cost to employees to protect them
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    Knowledge Check

    • 1. Who is responsible for providing PPE?
    • a. The employer
    • b. The employee
    • c. OSHA
    • d. Workers’ Compensation
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    Knowledge Check

    • 2. Common causes of foot injuries include: crushing, penetration, molten metal, chemicals, slippery surfaces, and sharp objects.
    • a. True
    • b. False
    • a. True
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    Knowledge Check

    • 3. Safety controls must meet the following order of priority:
    • a. Substitution, PPE, workaround, and administrative
    • b. Workaround, stop work, PPE, and engineering
    • c. Stop work, PPE, engineering, and substitution
    • d. Substitution, engineering, administrative, and PPE
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    Knowledge Check

    • 4. Which type of hard hat would provide the most protection from electrical hazards?
    • a. Class A
    • b. Class C
    • c. Class E
    • d. Class G
    • c. Class E
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    Knowledge Check

    • 5. The need for hearing protection is triggered at which decibel level?
    • a. When it exceeds 80 decibels
    • b. When it exceeds 90 decibels
    • c. When it exceeds 100 decibels
    • d. When it exceeds 110 decibels
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    Knowledge Check

    • 6. Who is responsible for providing specialized work footwear?
    • a. The employer
    • b. The employee
    • c. OSHA
    • d. Insurance companies
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    Knowledge Check

    • 7. Which of the following is considered approved eye protection?
    • a. Sun glasses
    • b. Prescription glasses
    • c. Reading glasses
    • d. Glasses meeting ANSI standard Z87
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    Knowledge Check

    • 8. Which of the following is not considered PPE?
    • a. Rubber gloves
    • b. Glasses meeting ANSI Z87
    • c. Sports shoes
    • d. Hearing muffs