PPE Flashcards
It is ___ and in most cases ___ to eliminate hazards rather than to provide personal protective equipment.
safer, cheaper
Where adequate protection against the risk of accident or injury to health, including exposure to adverse conditions, cannot be ensured by other means, suitable _________ and protective clothing, having regard to the type of work and risks, should be provided and maintained by the ___, without cost to the workers, as may be prescribed by national laws or regulations.
personal protective equipment, employer
A competent person having a full understanding of the nature of the hazard and the type, range and performance of the protection required should:
(a) select suitable items of personal protective equipment and protective
clothing;
(b) arrange that they are properly stored, maintained, cleaned and, if
necessary for health reasons, disinfected or sterilised at suitable intervals.
Workers working alone on construction sites in confined spaces, enclosed premises or in remote or inaccessible places should be provided with an
appropriate ___ and the means of rapidly summoning assistance in an
emergency.
alarm
______ or ______ to protect the head from injury due to
falling or flying objects, or due to striking against objects or
structures
Safety helmets, hard hats
A small tool or bolt falling from _________ high can cause
serious injuries or even death if it strikes an unprotected head.
10 or 20 m
Safety helmets protect the head effectively against most of
these hazards, and should be worn whenever a person is on
site and particularly when in an area where overhead work is
going on.
Hard hat areas
Safety helmets are easy to ___ and relatively ___.
obtain, cheap
Some helmets contain ______ giving them great resilience and
resistance to impact.
Kevlar fibres
For example, many trades - such as ___ - find that helmets with
a very short ___ are easier to wear because they do not get in the
way.
scaffolders, peak
Your safety helmet protects
you only if you _________.
have it on
______ of all eye
injuries can be prevented by
suitable eye protection
90%
_________ or other suitable device when likely to be exposed to eye or face injury from airborne dust or flying particles, dangerous substances, harmful heat, light or other radiation, and in particular during welding, flame cutting, rock drilling, concrete mixing or other hazardous work.
Clear or coloured goggles, a screen, a face shield
Many eye injuries occur as a result of _________ when the following jobs are being carried out
flying material, dust or radiation
In some industrial processes there may also be a risk from the _________ of hot or corrosive liquids.
spillage, leakage or splashing
Hazard Types
Impact
Heat
Chemicals
Dust
Optical Radiation
can protect eyes from low energy impacts and depending on
the lens characteristics glare, UV and IR radiation
Safety spectacles
can protect eyes against medium impacts and depending
on design and marking against droplets and coarse dust, as they
form a seal around the entire periphery of the face
Goggles
Can protect eyes and face against impacts, liquid
splash and hazards like molten metal splash or electric arcs etc.
Face shields
___ is an absolutely prime human sensory ability.
Eyesight
Noise which is continuous at a level of ______ (dB(A)) or more is
injurious to hearing.
85-90 decibels
Use appropriate ______ if you work with or near a noisy machine
and make sure they fit properly and are comfortable.
earmuffs or ear plugs
It is ______ that ear
protectors make it more difficult to understand speech or hear warning signals, as they also reduce unwanted noise; the signal can actually be heard more
easily.
not true
Keep your hearing protection clean and in a safe place when you
are not using it and insert ear plugs with ______
clean hands
Look out for damage: if the earmuffs no longer fit properly or the seals have become hard or damaged, ask for a ___.
replacement
If you have to shout to make yourself heard by someone
about 1m away there is a ______ requiring action.
noise problem
___ are extremely vulnerable to accidental injury, and in construction more injuries are caused to hands and wrists than to any other part of the body.
Hands
They are largely preventable by better manual handling techniques and equipment, and by wearing suitable hand protection such as ______.
protective gloves and gauntlets
Contact with or splashes from hot, corrosive or toxic substances such as ______
bitumen and resins
Working with vibratory machines such as ______ where some cushioning of the vibrations is desirable
pneumatic drills
___ are one of the cheapest and most obvious items of PPE yet
they can serve an important function in OS&H.
Gloves
Gloves with a _________, can be used for work requiring dexterity, such as bricklaying and component assembly
thin plastic coating
Some gloves have an antibacterial treatment to reduce ___.
odours
Use of _________ for
steel-fixing
heavy duty gloves
Foot injuries fall into two broad types:
1.Those due to ___ of the sole by sharp objects such as nails
which have not been knocked down or removed.
penetration
Foot injuries fall into two broad types:
2.Those due to ___ by falling materials, which can be minimized by wearing protective footwear.
crushing
Light, low-cut leather safety shoes for ______
climbing jobs
Normal safety shoes or boots for ______
heavy-duty work
Rubber or plastic safety wellingtons or gumboots which provide
protection against _________
corrosive substances, chemicals and water
The two main
requirements of a safety
boot:
1.Resistant to crushing and
penetration through the
___.
sole
The two main
requirements of a safety
boot:
2.Boots should have ___
to identify their
specification.
labels
Provision of ______ makes economic sense to the employer because it allows work to continue in wet conditions (assuming of course that workers are not forced to work in these conditions anyway).
waterproof clothing
______ are also light and strong, so they are much easier to
work in than those available a couple of decades ago.
Modern fabrics
Modern waterproof clothing is also usually ______
high visibility
(‘hi-viz’).
Whenever there is doubt about the presence of toxic substances in the
atmosphere, a ___must be worn.
respirator
The simplest masks are ______ types.
disposable paper
The simplest masks are disposable paper types. Remember that these are only effective against ______.
nuisance dusts
Three types of half-face mask with filters:
Prefilter - Dust filter
Gas Filter
Combination Filter
For protection against airborne particles, e.g. stone dust, with a coarse filter fitted in the cartridge (note, these filters have a specific lifetime and should be changed as necessary).
Prefilter - Dust filter
For protection against gases and fumes, e.g. when using paints
containing solvents, with a filter containing activated carbon.
Gas filter
Α combination filter containing both a dust and a gas filter. Cartridges must be replaced regularly.
Combination filter
The majority of fatal accidents in construction are due to falls from ___.
heights
Another common situation in which a safety harness may be used –
sometimes supplemented by the use of a safety net – is maintenance work on ______ such as bridges and pylons.
steel structures
A full safety harness should always be used in preference to a ______.
safety belt
A safety harness and its lanyard must:
* Limit a fall to a drop of not more than ___ by means of an ______.
2m, inertia
device
A safety harness and its lanyard must:
* Βe attached to a strong structure through a firm ___ point above the person.
anchorage
safety harnesses also called as ______
‘fall arresters
One of the real problems with currently available PPE is that most
of it seems to have been designed for quite strongly built ___.
males
If you are wearing a
harness, ___ it to
something!
attach
factors may limit the widespread use of PPE
Cost
Gets in th way of working
Only suitable for well-built males
Not suitable for hot and/or humid climates
