Personal Protective Equipment Training

Hazards exist in every workplace: noise, sharp edges, falling objects, and chemicals are just a few examples. Every part of the body is vulnerable to accidents, and you have to make sure that your employees are well-protected.

PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) is a requirement of OSHA to ensure employees are protected from potential hazards.  Employers are required to assess the hazards, identify and provide appropriate PPE, train employees in the use and care of their PPE, and maintaining the PPE.

We can assess your workplace, help you write a plan and train your employees in the proper use of PPE.

This program will address the hazards present; the selection, maintenance, and use of PPE; the training of employees; and monitoring of the program to ensure its ongoing effectiveness.

What is personal protective equipment?

Personal protective equipment, commonly referred to as “PPE”, is equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause serious workplace injuries and illnesses. These injuries and illnesses may result from contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards. Personal protective equipment may include items such as gloves, safety glasses and shoes, earplugs or muffs, hard hats, respirators, or coveralls, vests and full body suits.

What can be done to ensure proper use of personal protective equipment?

All personal protective equipment should be safely designed and constructed, and should be maintained in a clean and reliable fashion. It should fit comfortably, encouraging worker use. If the personal protective equipment does not fit properly, it can make the difference between being safely covered or dangerously exposed. When engineering, work practice, and administrative controls are not feasible or do not provide sufficient protection, employers must provide personal protective equipment to their workers and ensure its proper use. Employers are also required to train each worker required to use personal protective equipment to know:

  • When it is necessary
  • What kind is necessary
  • How to properly put it on, adjust, wear and take it off
  • The limitations of the equipment
  • Proper care, maintenance, useful life, and disposal of the equipment

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