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Today on Repairs101 I’m going to show you what’s inside my Personal Protective Equipment
bag. OK you can see I did a much better job of
keeping this one clean than I did with my tool-bag. It’s because I don’t carry it
everywhere I just keep it under whatever bench I’m working on.
So the first thing on anybody’s PPE list should be protective eyewear. What I like
about this stuff is that it fits right over top of my glasses.
And of course next would be “green patch” safety boots.
And you definitely need your hardhat where ever you go. This guy showed up for work without
one so I gave him this one. You got to have hearing protection. I like
to wear cones and sometimes I team them up with earplugs for super noisy environments.
OK now as for gloves you’re going to need several kinds ranging from nitrile to cotton,
suede palm, leather, neoprene and welding gloves.
I always carry my respirator in my PPE bag along with some spare filters and some organic
vapour cartridges. Almost every work yard requires high visibility
clothing or a Viz vest or a viz belt. And you know I always have a strobe with me for
when I’m working in the dark on the side of the road or maybe somewhere similarly dangerous.
Make sure your cover-alls are a hundred percent cotton to arrest sparks and flames that you
might pick up grinding or welding. I always wear a welding beanie at work to
keep my hair clean. And I use kneepads on jobs that require a
lot of kneeling. I even carry a balaclava for when it’s unreasonably
cold out. Make sure you get yourself a good quality
rain suit. And you’ll never be sorry you invested in
a suede welding jacket. If you’re working by or on the water you
have to have your lifejacket with retro-reflective markers and a whistle.
Aw geez. I’m not sure how that got in there. You probably don’t need one of those.