Health & Safety Equipment is varied and these items are required to make workplaces a safer place. These include Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other safety devices and guards.
Selecting the correct PPE in relation to the incident is something that you need to ensure you get correct. Selecting PPE appropriate to minimise the risk of self and others contracting infections Definition, is equipment that will protect the user against health or safety risks.
Common PPE items:
• Single-use nitrile gloves
• Protective face masks
• High-visibility clothing
• Helmet
• Eye protection
• Hearing defenders
• Protective footwear
• Resuscitation aids (face shields, pocket mask, bag-valve-mask)
• Disposable over sleeves
• Disposable aprons
• Need to select correct PPE in relation to the incident.
Personal Protective equipment will vary depending on what you do and the rules and risk assessments carried out by the employer. If you are in doubt, make sure you ask your manager.
Warning signs are a standard design and the HSE have made a standard sign giving warning of a hazard or danger (eg danger: electricity). The intrinsic features of warning signs are that they are a triangular shape and have a black picture with at least 50% yellow background. Examples of warning signs can be seen on the […]