PPE Requirements
OSHA standards require the use of PPE to reduce employee exposure to hazards when engineering and administrative controls are not feasible or effective in reducing these exposures to acceptable levels.
Employers are required to determine if PPE is needed to protect their workers. They also need to ensure that employees use and maintain PPE in a sanitary and reliable condition.
PPE Proper Use
Personal Protective Equipment must be worn and used in a manner that will make full use of its protective qualities.
Low rates of compliance in wearing PPE usually indicate the safety management system is failing in some way. Any one of the following root causes may result in general non-compliance:
- The employer does not provide quality PPE.
- The employer does not properly supervise the use of PPE.
- The employer fails to enforce the use of PPE.
- The employer does not properly train employees on the use of PPE.
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1-2. OSHA requires the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) to _____.
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