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Safety & Security

According to the Personal Protective Equipment regulations at Work 1992 employers have basic duties to supply and use personal protective equipment (PPE) at work wherever there are risks to health and safety that cannot be adequately controlled in other ways. PPE can be classes as all "equipment which is intended to be worn or held by a person at work and which protects him against one or more risks to his health or safety"

Order hotline: 0800 294 4440

The hazards and types of PPE available:

Eyes:
Hazards: chemical or metal splash, dust, projectiles, gas and vapour, radiation.
Options: safety spectacles, goggles, faceshields, visors.

Head:
Hazards: impact from falling or flying objects, risk of head bumping, hair entanglement.
Options: a range of helmets and bump caps.

Breathing:
Hazards: dust, vapour, gas.
Options: disposable dust masks, half- or full-face respirators,

Protecting the body:
Hazards: temperature extremes, adverse weather, chemical or metal splash, spray from pressure eaks or spray guns, impact or penetration, contaminated dust, excessive wear or entanglement of own clothing.
Options: conventional or disposable overalls, boiler suits, specialist protective clothing, e.g. chain-mail aprons, high-visibility clothing, fire retardant boilersuits.

Hands and arms:
Hazards: abrasion, temperature extremes, cuts and punctures, impact, chemicals, electric shock, skin infection, disease or contamination.
Options: gloves, gauntlets

Feet and legs
Hazards: wet, electrostatic build-up, slipping, cuts and punctures, falling objects, metal and chemical splash, abrasion.
Otions: safety boots and shoe with protective toe caps and penetration-resistant mid-sole, knee caps.

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