Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Duration: 50 Minutes      Language: English

Topics Covered:

• Describe why the use of Personal Protective Equipment PPE is required to ensure one’s safety.

• Recall employer responsibilities to provide PPE and the employee’s responsibility to wear it, maintain it, inspect it and select the right type for the application.

• Identify specific hazards posed to a worker’s head and the common types of equipment that protect against those hazards.

• Learn to identify and mitigate hazards to the eyes and face in the workplace. Discover the right personal protective equipment to ensure optimal protection.

• Recognize basic hazards posed to a worker’s respiratory system, the types of equipment that protect against those hazards and the training that is required before their use.

• Identify the common types of PPE equipment that protect against noise hazards.

• Discover potential hazards to workers’ hands and explore the common types of equipment designed to provide effective protection.

• Recognize specific hazards posed to a worker’s feet and the common types of equipment that protect against those hazards.

Course Benefits:

• Certificate of Completion. *Valid for 2 years.

• Examination record available for employer.

Regulations:

• OSH Act Section 5 (a) (1).

• 29 CFR 1910.132, including 1910.132 (h)(1).

• 29 CFR 1910.133.

• 29 CFR 1910.134.

• 29 CFR 1910.135.

• 29 CFR 1910.136.

• 29 CFR 1910.137.

• 29 CFR 1910.138.

• 29 CFR 1910.95.

• 29 CFR 1910.146.

• 29 CFR 1910.252.

• ASTM F2413-05.

• ANSI Z89-1-2003.