PPE – Personal Protective Equipment: -

This term includes equipment worn and used by people at work to protect them from both general and specific risks.

Personal protective equipment is defined as meaning all equipment (including clothing affording protection against the weather) which is intended to be worn or held by a person at work and which protects him against one or more risks to his health or safety, and any addition or accessory designed to meet that objective.

The range of PPE: -

A wide range of personal protective equipment (PPE) is available for use by people at work. This includes:

Head protection: -

Industrial safety helmets, various forms of riding helmets, industrial scalp protectors (bump caps) and caps and hair nets.

Eye protection: -

Safety spectacles, eye shields, safety goggles, and face shields.

Face protection: -

Face shields which can be hand-held, fixed to a helmet or strapped to the head.

Hearing protection: -

Ear plugs, ear defenders, muffs and pads, ear valves, acoustic wool.

Body protection: -

One – piece and two-piece overalls, donkey jackets, rubber and PVC – coated aprons, vapor suits, splash-resistant suits, warehouse coats, body warmers, thermal and weather protection over clothing, oilskin over-clothing, high visibility clothing, personal buoyancy equipment, such as life jackets.

Hand and arm protection: -

General purpose fibre gloves, PVC fabric gauntlets, leather gloves and sleeves, wrist protectors, chain mail hand and arm protectors.

Leg and foot protection: -

Safety boots and shoes, wellington boots, clogs, foundry boots, anti-static footwear, together with gaiters and anklets.

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