Saturday, 14 April 2012

General requirement of PPE

Each organisation or Institution using the PPE should develop a procedure to ensure that all personal on the project are provided with appropriate  personal protective equipment  to protect themselves against work related and environmental hazards.

The general requirements of PPEs are :

The risk posed by any particular work task shall be assessed and where they cant  be fully engineered out , appropriate PPE shall be selected in accordance with the following:

*Give adequate protection against risks without itself leading to any increased / alternative exposure.
*Suitability for the user .
*Compatibility to the work task .
*Complies with a recognised international standard.
*Fit for purpose.
Personal not properly equipped for their task shall not start work.






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