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PPE Resolutions: Start your year off right

PPE Resolutions

Setting foot into 2017 gives us the opportunity to rethink how we interact with objects and people around us. While we do review our old habits, and create new ones, we tend to forget to renew our commitment to keeping ourselves healthy and safe at work! One way to do so is to ensure we have adequate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at hand. Last week, Health and Safety at Work reports, an asbestos removal supervisor pleaded guilty to breaching Section 7 of the Health and Safety at Work Act: General duties of employees at work. It shall be the duty… Read more

9th January 2017 0

PPE Regulations

What is PPE? PPE is an abbreviation for Personal Protective Equipment – in short, equipment that protects the user at work against health and safety risks. Items including in this definition are hard hats, helmets, goggles, harnesses, safety boots and much more. Although ear protection and respiratory protective equipment have their own specific regulations, they must also be compatible with any other PPE provided. Regulation Requirements The HSE view Personal Protective Equipment as a last resort. If there are evident risks to health and safety the best cause of action is prevention or other alternatives of control. Of course, in… Read more

13th January 2016 1

Do You Have The Correct Personal Protective Equipment?

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is often required in many industrial work environments and should be readily available for all employees at risk to use. The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (1992) states that every employer should ensure that suitable PPE is provided for employees who may be exposed to a risk to their health or safety whilst at work. This is with the exception of where risks have been adequately controlled by other means which are equally or more effective than PPE (Health and Safety Executive). Personal Protective Equipment should be visibly available for employees. Where it is not… Read more

10th October 2013