“An employer must not only ensure it has the proper PPE for the hazards of the workplace, but also that the PPE fits each of the employees who may need to use it.” This individual employer ...

Safety officers often talk about the importance of weather-specific PPE in summer, but proper PPE is just as important in the colder months. By Katherine Faulk Dec 01, 2021 ...

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) It is important for everyone on the job site to understand the importance of PPE, how to check for damage and ensure proper fit. By Sydny Shepard ...

Proper PPE and Worker Safety Go Hand-in-Hand. Aug. 28, 2020. Hand injuries are among the most common workplace injuries, and they’re also some of the most preventable. Zach Richman. According to the ...

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – require your employees to wear PPE (e.g., provide gloves, earplugs, goggles, respirators, iridescent vests, steel toe shoes and ensure employees are trained ...

OSHA estimates that approximately 14 percent of construction workers in the U.S. are women.(Personal Protective Equipment in Construction, 89 Fed. Reg., 100333 (December 12, 2024)) However, most ...

Personal Protective Equipment, or PPE, is often job specific. While a particular building may only require safety shoes, certain work areas within the building may house processes which require ...

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (20 April 2011) - PEO Soldier has recently developed new videos highlighting the proper care of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and load bearing equipment such as the Modular ...

Safety vests have one of three classifications: Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3. For most paving & pavement maintenance jobsites, a Class 1 vest can be worn. Class 1 vests are for workers whose job ...

Until recently, however, more than 600,000 United States workers did not have proper personal protective equipment (PPE) to prevent injury from deadly arc flash hazards, according to the Occupational ...

With the introduction of OSHA Safety and Health Standards in the United States and arc test methods in ASTM International, ... NFPA 70E in 2000, 2004, and 2009, and now CSA Z462 have codified clothing ...