What is personal protective equipment?
Personal protective equipment, commonly referred to as "PPE", is equipment worn to minimize exposure to serious workplace injuries and illnesses. These injuries and illnesses may result from contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards. Personal protective equipment may include items such as gloves, safety glasses and shoes, earplugs or muffs, hard hats, respirators, or coveralls, vests and full body suits.
What can be done to ensure proper use of personal protective equipment?
All personal protective equipment should be of safe design and construction, and should be maintained in a clean and reliable fashion. It should fit well and be comfortable to wear, encouraging worker use. If the personal protective equipment does not fit properly, it can make the difference between being safely covered or dangerously exposed. When engineering, work practice, and administrative controls are not feasible or do not provide sufficient protection, employers must provide personal protective equipment to their workers and ensure its proper use.
Fire Safety - It is extremely important to be safe from Fire in case of emergency. When anything catches fire it produces Carbon monoxide and CO2. Carbon monooxide is a "silent killer". Fire extinguishers are one element of a fire response plan, but the primary element is safe escape.
Home fire sprinklers, Automatic fire sprinkler systems help save lives. Smoke alarms Working smoke alarms are essential in every household.