Chapter 5 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT INTRODUCTION OSHA 1910 Subpart I App B, titled "Non-mandatory Compliance Guidelines for Hazard Assessment and Personal Protective Equipment Selection" is a standard intended to provide compliance assistance for employers and employees in implementing requirements for a hazard assessment and the selection of personal protective equipment. The abbreviation, PPE, stands for personal protective equipment. PPE devices alone should not be relied on to provide protection against hazards, but should be used in conjunction with guards, engineering controls, and sound production and manufacturing practices. To provide proper protection for employees, it is necessary to consider certain general guidelines for assessing. | Chapter 5 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT INTRODUCTION OSHA 1910 Subpart I App B titled Non-mandatory Compliance Guidelines for Hazard Assessment and Personal Protective Equipment Selection is a standard intended to provide compliance assistance for employers and employees in implementing requirements for a hazard assessment and the selection of personal protective equipment. The abbreviation PPE stands for personal protective equipment. PPE devices alone should not be relied on to provide protection against hazards but should be used in conjunction with guards engineering controls and sound production and manufacturing practices. To provide proper protection for employees it is necessary to consider certain general guidelines for assessing the foot head eye and face and hand hazard situations that exist in an occupational or educational operation or process and to match the protective devices to the particular hazard. It should be the responsibility of the safety officer to exercise common sense and appropriate expertise to accomplish these tasks. In order to assess the need for PPE the following steps should be taken Survey Conduct a walkthrough survey of the areas in question. The purpose of the survey is to identify sources of hazards to workers and co-workers. Consideration should be given to the basic hazard categories Impact Penetration Compression roll-over Chemical Heat Harmful dust Light optical radiation. Sources During the walkthrough survey the safety officer should observe 1. sources of motion . machinery or processes where any movement of tools machine elements or particles could exist or movement of personnel that could result in collision with stationary objects 244 Copyright 2001 Marcel Dekker Inc. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT 245 2. sources of high temperatures that could result in burns eye injury or ignition of protective equipment etc. 3. types of chemical exposures 4. sources of harmful dust 5. sources of light radiation . welding .
