Widen Your PPE Knowledge

Hazards exist in the workplace in many different forms. Controlling a hazard at its source is the best way to protect employees. But when PPE is required for additional protection, it must be appropriate and effective. This requires choosing the right PPE, training, focusing on behaviors, and using the PPE correctly.

Hazards exist in the workplace in many different forms. Controlling a hazard at its source is the best way to protect employees. But when PPE is required for additional protection, it must be appropriate and effective. This requires choosing the right PPE, training, focusing on behaviors, and using the PPE correctly.

Heat illness can occur in both indoor and outdoor work settings when the heat index (HI) is as low as 80°F or less. This compliance brief will help explain when working conditions pose a hazard to employees, who is most vulnerable, and what cooling gear PPE options are available for workers.

To protect employees from hazards that cannot be eliminated or controlled, employers have the obligation to select appropriate PPE. Everything from hard hats to steel-toed boots must be chosen based on a systematic assessment of potential hazards in order to provide the best protection. This free checklist will aid in assessing potential workplace hazards and help to identify what type of PPE is needed to protect your workers.

Head injuries from contact hazards, dropped objects, and electrical exposure are real hazards in your workplace. Small things, even small nickel-sized objects, can cause serious injuries to your workers’ heads, faces, or bodies. Properly wearing a hard hat can protect workers from injury. It protects workers’ heads if they bump into an object. Employers must select the proper type and class of hard hats to use. Employers might allow workers to wear a bump cap if no falling object hazards exist.

In this free resource, you’ll learn about arc flashes and arc blasts and how flame-resistant (FR) clothing can help protect your workers. You’ll also gain insight into applicable OSHA requirements as well as what types of work could exposure your workers to arc hazards.

Workplaces contain hazards that workers are exposed to daily. To ensure workers are protected from hazards, employers must assess their workplace and eliminate or reduce the hazards and dangers workers face when performing their job. For any hazards that remain, employers must provide personal protective equipment (PPE) to their workers.