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Personal Protective & Life Saving Equipment

You can't eliminate all physical hazards through engineering or administrative controls. Personal protective equipment provides a last line of defense. However, data shows that most workers who suffer eye, head, and foot injuries are NOT wearing PPE. These injuries can be lessened or avoided altogether with proper PPE. 

This course provides the student with information on proper selection and use of personal protective equipment. The course also includes hands-on demonstrations of various types of personal protection equipment. According to OSHA, over 30% of all disabling injuries in the workplace involve hand, finger, eye, face, foot and toe injuries. In many cases, these injuries are serious enough to affect the injured employee's ability to continue to work. Workers need to understand and use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to help them avoid such injuries in the workplace. Providing the proper protection and ensuring its proper use helps provide a safe working environment for everyone.

OSHA requires that all employers assess their workplace for hazards and certify this assessment. The National Safety Council's PPE Compliance Training Seminar will help you meet these requirements. In just four hours, we'll walk you through the key elements of the OSHA PPE regulation (29CFR 1910.132-140, Subpart I), and show you how to protect your employees and your business

Seminar objectives include:
  • Developing a working knowledge of key elements surrounding the OSHA Personal Protective Equipment Regulations.

  • The relationship between PPE, administrative controls, and engineering controls.

  • How to conduct a PPE Hazard Assessment and identify critical items that must be in your PPE Certification Statement.

  • Understanding the various types of PPE and how to use them.

  • Understanding OSHA's responses to questions about implementation, including: who is required to pay for PPE, and who is responsible if an employee brings in his own PPE.

  • Avoid common PPE compliance mistakes that can result in costly OSHA fines