Providing and Paying for PPE
As we mentioned earlier, OSHA requires the use of personal protective equipment (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 should be used to protect their workers. OSHA also requires that employers pay for most required PPE, except for uniforms, items worn to keep clean, weather-related gear, logging boots, and non-specialty safety toe protective footwear (including steel-toe shoes or steel- toe boots) and non-specialty prescription safety eyewear, as long as the employer permits the items to be worn off the job-site.
For more information, read Employers Must Provide and Pay for PPE handout.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
3-9. OSHA requires that employers pay for most required personal protective equipment (PPE), including _____.
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