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Personal Protective Equipment
Personal Protective Equipment or “PPE” is the clothing and devices
that construction workers must wear to protect themselves from injury or disease.
Each task must be assessed and the appropriate PPE specified to the worker.
It is the worker’s responsibility to wear the PPE.
With this brick, the task is to make four cuts
using the electrically-powered cutting machine.
PPE for a High Risk task
For this high risk activity, using a power tool to cut a brick,
foreman specifies: overalls and safety boots
a dust mask
ear protection
safety helmet
gloves
and safety glasses.
PPE for a Low Risk task
For a low risk activity, such as plastering, the foreman specifies:
boots and overalls
dust mask
safety glasses or overglasses, if the worker wears spectacles
safety helmet
and gloves