Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Many procedures developed with a JHA will include the need to use PPE. Examples of PPE include respirators, hearing protection, protective clothing, safety glasses, and hardhats.
PPE Safety
The use of PPE is acceptable as a control method in the following circumstances:
- when engineering controls are not feasible or do not totally eliminate the hazard
- while engineering controls are being developed
- when safe work practices do not provide sufficient additional protection
- during emergencies when engineering controls may not be feasible
Interim Measures
Using a lower priority hazard control method over another higher priority control strategy may be appropriate for providing interim (temporary) protection until the hazard is abated permanently. If you can't eliminate the hazard entirely, the interim control measures will likely be a combination of control methods used together. OSHA believes that feasible interim measures are always available if higher-level control methods are not possible.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
4-6. Using a lower priority hazard control method over a higher priority method may be appropriate as a _____.
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