Module 1 Personal Protective And Lifesaving Equipment

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Introduction
IUOE National Training Fund
National HAZMAT Program
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Introduction
To: Users of IUOE National Training Fund Programs
The IUOE National Training Fund -- National HAZMAT Program offers a broad
spectrum of safety and health training, as well as training support to other users
of the National HAZMAT Program’s resources. The National HAZMAT Program
has available, at no cost, the following:
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and restore critical infrastructure should an event, manmade or natural,
occur
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Unions nationwide
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Introduction
Table of Contents
Personal Protective And Lifesaving Equipment 1-1
Health Hazards in Construction 2-1
Hazard Communication 3-1
Stairways and Ladders 4-1
Confi ned Space 5-1
Cranes, Derricks, Hoists, Elevators, And Conveyors 6-1
Ergonomics 7-1
Excavations 8-1
Fire Protection and Prevention 9-1
Materials Handling, Storage, Use, and Disposal 10-1
Motor Vehicles, ROPS and Signs Signals and
Barricades 11-1
Safety and Health Programs and Subpart C –
General Safety and Health Provisions 12-1
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Scafolds 13-1
Highlights of OSHA’s New Steel Erection Rule 14-1
Tools—Hand and Power 15-1
Welding and Cutting 16-1
Appendix A-2 Introduction to OSHA - Student Handouts A-2-1
Appendix B - Diesel Safety Data Sheet B-1
Appendix C - Focus Four Hazards in Construction - Student C-1
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Module 1
Personal Protective And Lifesaving Equipment
OSHA: 29 CFR 1926 Subpart E – CIO 201-301-302-202
Lesson Outline
Personal Protective Equipment Selection of Ensembles
PPE Program Level A
Who Pays for PPE? Level B
Level C
OSHA Requirements Level D
Criteria for Personal Protective Equipment
Occupational Foot Protection Proper PPE Use
Head Protection Training
Hearing Protection Work Mission Duration
Eye and Face Protection Personal Use Factors
Respiratory Protection Donning
Safety Belts, Lifelines, and Lanyards In-use Monitoring
Safety Nets Doffi ng
Working over or near Water Inspection
Storage
Chemical Protective Clothing and Maintenance and Repair
Accessories
Full Body Heat Stress
Head Monitoring Heat Stress
Eyes and Face Prevention
Ears
Hands and Arms Glossary
Feet
General Review Questions
Selection of Chemical Protective Clothing Other Resources
Permeation, Degradation, and Penetration
Other Considerations in CPC Selection
Respiratory Protection
Air Purifying Respirators
Atmosphere Supplying Respirators
Types of Airfl ow
When Not to Use APRs
Fit Testing
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Overview
Your personal protective equipment (PPE) might be all that stands between you and an exposure
or situation that could be very hazardous to you. Knowing how to put on, use, and take off your
PPE will ensure that you get the most out of it. This chapter will teach you how to use and take
care of your PPE and to understand its limits.
Objectives
After completing this chapter, you should be able to:
Know
• Cite problems with using overprotective PPE.
• Describe ways chemicals enter your body.
• Defi ne permeation, degradation, and penetration in relation to chemical protective clothing.
• State the minimum level of protection needed for working with unidentifi ed hazards.
• Name factors that can cause heat stress and ways to monitor it.
Apply
• Explain considerations used to select chemical protective clothing.
• Develop a plan to prevent heat stress.
Analyze
• Determine the appropriate level of PPE ensemble to wear based on the situation at hand.
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Personal Protective Equipment
When you enter a construction site containing hazardous waste
or other potential hazards, protecting your own health and well-
being is your fi rst concern. That’s why you may need to wear
personal protective equipment (PPE) and protective clothing.
You want to be shielded from chemical, physical, or biological
hazards that might be present at the site. PPE is necessary when
Figure 1.1 Safety goggles offer
engineering controls or administrative controls aren’t feasible or important protection.
haven’t worked.
Appropriate PPE for the hazards present should protect your respiratory system, skin, eyes,
face, hands, feet, head, body, and hearing. That means you might wear some combination of
respirators, gloves, protective suits, boots, hard hats, safety glasses, and ear plugs. But it’s
important to remember that wearing PPE does not guarantee protection against all hazards.
That’s impossible. However, when chosen, used, and cared for properly, PPE should offer you
the kind of protection you’ll need.
You might think that the best answer is to overprotect yourself. That has drawbacks, though. You
might want to wear a protective suit when one isn’t warranted. You could needlessly face heat
stress, for instance, or physical and psychological stress, impaired vision and movement, and
decreased ability to communicate. A simple rule of thumb is that the more protection you use, the
more risks you face yourself. The key is to know what PPE is proper for the hazard you’ll face.
PPE Program
A written PPE program guides you as an operating engineer to know what PPE is appropriate for
the hazard you face. A solid PPE program identifi es the hazards at the site, provides medical and
environmental monitoring, and training on the selection, use, maintenance, and decontamination
of your PPE. The program fulfi lls two basic objectives: protect you as the wearer from safety
and health hazards, and protect you from incorrect use or malfunction of the PPE. The following
table shows the corresponding OSHA standards for each area of the program.
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Type of Protection Regulation
29 CFR 1926.28
General
29 CFR 1926 Subpart E
Eye and Face 29 CFR 1926.102
Noise Exposure 29 CFR 1926.101
Respiratory 29 CFR 1926.103
Head 29 CFR 1926.100
Foot 29 CFR 1926.96
Electrical Protective Devices 29 CFR 1910.137
Table 1.1
The PPE program isn’t static either. It should be reviewed every year or if questions come up
about whether it’s working. The review should include a survey of each site to ensure compliance
with regulations, the number of person-hours that workers wear PPE, accident and illness
experience, levels of exposure, and adequacy of equipment selection, operational guidelines,
decontamination, training, and recordkeeping. You as an employee also have a right to see the
results of the evaluation. The evaluation should also be presented to top management to ensure
changes can be made if needed.
Who Pays for PPE?
OSHA requires employers to provide and to pay for personal protective equipment required by
the company for workers to do their jobs safely and in compliance with OSHA standards. Where
equipment is very personal in nature and is usable by workers off the job, the matter of payment
may be left to labor-management negotiations.
Examples of PPE that would not normally be used away from the worksite include, but are not
limited to, welding gloves, wire mesh gloves, respirators, hard hats, laser or ultraviolet radiation
protection glasses, face shields, and specialty foot protection, such as metatarsal shoes.
Examples of PPE that is personal in nature and often used away from the worksite include
nonspecialty safety glasses, safety shoes, and cold weather outerwear worn by construction
workers. However, shoes or outerwear subject to contamination by carcinogens or other toxic or
hazardous substances that cannot be safely worn off site must be paid for by the employer.
Failure of the employer to pay for PPE that is not personal and not used away from the job is a
violation.
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OSHA Requirements
OSHA through its personal protective equipment standard (29 CFR 1926 Subpart E) outlines the
protection required for your body as well as for specifi c situations. Here are highlights of each of
those sections:
Criteria for Personal Protective Equipment
• PPE must be provided and maintained.
• The employer must ensure that when you provide your own PPE that it’s adequate,
properly maintained, and sanitary.
• The employer must provide PPE at no cost to you except for safety-toe protective footwear,
prescription safety eyewear, metatarsal guards, and everyday work clothing.
Occupational Foot Protection
• Safety-toe footwear shall meet the requirements and specifi cations in American National
Standard for Men’s Safety-Toe Footwear, Z41.1-1967.
Head Protection
• When you work in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or
from falling or fl ying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, you shall be protected by
protective helmets.
• Helmets must meet ANSI specifi cations contained Z89.1-1969.
• Helmets for the head protection of people exposed to high voltage electrical shock and
burns shall meet the specifi cations contained in ANSI Z89.2-1971.
Hearing Protection
• When it’s not feasible to reduce the noise levels or duration of exposures, ear protective
devices shall be provided and used.
• Ear protective devices inserted in the ear shall be fi tted or determined individually by
competent persons.
• Plain cotton is not an acceptable protective device.
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