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    • Brandon's Loss Prevention Publications
    • Brandon's Online Courses >
      • Defensive Driving
      • Defensive Driving - Spanish
      • Ergonomics & Safe Lifting
      • Flagger Training
      • Fork Lift
      • Hazard Communications Training
      • Managing Financial Risk
      • R&B Safety & Risk Management
    • KTJA Grant
    • In Person Training
    • Kansas DOL Help >
      • Emergency Action Plan
      • Hazard Communication
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      • Bloodborne Pathogens
      • Lockout Tagout
    • Safety Video LIbrary >
      • DVDs Available
      • VHS Tapes Available
  • Member Resources
    • Bylaws
    • Coverage and Limits
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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Personal protective equipment, commonly referred to as "PPE", is equipment worn to minimize exposure to 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.
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
You can download and customize this sample Respirator Policy for when a respirator is required and this sample Respirator Policy for when a respirator is optional.