G10- PPE Flashcards
Any equipment worn or utilized by a worker to reduce the danger to his or her health and safety.
Personal Protective Equipment
Final line of defense when engineering and administrative controls are insufficient in reducing or eliminating risks
Personal Protective Equipment
What are the importance of PPE?
- Risk Mitigation
- Impact on Safety Culture
- Compliance with Legal Standards
- Reduces Long Term Costs
What are the four basic types of PPE?
- Face and Eye Protection
- Respiratory Protection
- Skin and Body Protection
- Hearing Protection
Used for tasks that can cause eye damage or loss of vision, sprays of toxic liquids, splashes, and burns.
Face and Eye Protection
In eye protection, check if safety glasses comply with the _____________.
ANSI Z87.1 eye protection standard
What are the examples of face and eye protection?
Goggles, Face Shields, Welding Helmets, and Grinding Shields.
Used for a task that can cause inhalation of harmful materials to enter the body. This includes harmful gas, chemicals, large- particle droplets, sprays, splashes, or splatter that may contain viruses and bacteria such as COVID-19, viral infections, and more.
Respiratory Protection
Examples of Respiratory Protection
Full-Face Respirators, Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus, Gas Masks, N95 Respirators, and Surgical Masks
Skin and Body Protection Includes?
- Head Protection
- Body Protection
- Hands Protection
- Foot Protection
- Fall Protection
includes hard hats and headgears and should be required for tasks that can cause any force or object falling to the head.
Head Protection
includes safety vests and suits that can be used for tasks that can cause body injuries from extreme temperatures, flames and sparks, toxic chemicals, insect bites and radiation.
Body Protection
includes safety gloves and should be used for tasks that can cause hand and skin burns, absorption of harmful substances, cuts, fractures or amputations.
Hands Protection
includes knee pads and safety boots and should be used for tasks that can cause serious foot and leg injuries from falling or rolling objects, hot substances, electrical hazards, and slippery surfaces.
Foot Protection
includes safety harnesses and lanyards and should be strictly used for tasks that can cause falling from heights and serious injury or death.
Fall Protection
Used for tasks that can cause hearing problems and loss of hearing.
Hearing protection
Examples of hearing protection:
Single-Use Earplugs, Pre-Formed Earplugs, and Earmuffs
What are the different colors of hard hats?
White
Yellow
Blue
Green
Orange
Red
Brown
Grey
Hard hat for site managers, foremen, engineers, or supervisors.
White
Hard hat for manual labor, and construction worker.
Yellow
Hard hat for carpenters, technical operators, and electrician
Blue
Hard hat for safety inspectors
Green
Hard hat for lifting operatives, banks-man, slingers/signalers, or traffic marshals.
Orange
Hard hat for fire marshals
Red
Hard hat for workers exposed to high-heat applications/works
Brown
What are the different colors for safety vests?
Yellow
Orange
Red
Green
Blue
commonly used in recreational activities, such as biking or hiking and can help keep the wearer visible to others, preventing accidents or collisions.
Yellow Vest
commonly worn by surveyors and airport personnel.
orange
used to indicate workers and responders who are in potentially hazardous situations and commonly worn by firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and other emergency responders.
Red Vest
used by safety personnel; first aid providers, safety officers, and security guards.
Green Vest
used by workers with a official position in water-related industries.
Blue Vest
