Body protection

Employers must provide body protection for employees if they are threatened with bodily injury of one kind or another while performing their jobs, and if engineering, work practices, and administrative controls have failed to eliminate snch hazards. Workplace hazards that conld canse bodily injury include intense heat splashes of hot metals and other hot liqnids impacts from tools, machinery, and materials cuts hazardous chemicals contact with potentially infections materials such as blood or radiation. 

Protective clothing comes in a variety of materials, each suited to particular hazards. Conduct a hazard assessment to identify the sources of any possible bodily injury. Install any feasible engineering controls and institute work practice controls to eliminate the hazards. If the possibility of bodily injury still exists, provide protective clothing constructed of material that will protect against the specific hazards in your workplace. Materials for protective clothing include the following  

Paper-like fiber disposable suits made of this material provide protection against dust and splashes. 

Treated wool and cotton protective clothing adapts well to changing workplace temperatures and is comfortable as well as fire resistant. Treated cotton and wool clothing protects against dust, abrasions, and rough and irritating surfaces. 

which is a closely woven cotton fabric, protects employees against cuts and bruises while they handle heavy, sharp, or rough materials. 

As with all protective equipment, protective clothing is available to protect against specific hazards. Personal protective equipment must be provided for the parts of the body exposed to possible injury. Depending upon hazards in the workplace, employees may need to be provided with one or more of the following such as vests, jackets, aprons, coveralls, surgical gowns, or full body suits. If the hazard assessment indicates the need for full body protection against toxic substances or harmful 

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Fluorine, the most reactive element known, is a dangerous material but may be handled safely using proper precautions. In any situation where an operator may come into contact with low pressure fluorine, safety glasses, a neoprene coat, boots, and clean neoprene gloves should be worn to afford overall body protection. This protection is effective against both fluorine and the hydrofluoric acid which may form from reaction of moisture in the air. 

Equipment may get washed with a steam jenny and allowed to air dry on plastic in a more remote area. We need to keep in mind that steam cleaners have the potential to cause substantial physical harm. The combination of high-pressure water and high temperatures can be dangerous. Wlien this is coupled with a worker standing on visquine or plastic, it becomes a slip, trip, and fall situation. Situations compounded with respiratory and whole-body protection, such as saranex or rubber suits and gloves, add in the potential for poor vision, heat stress, and the lack of physical dexterity. Keep these issues in mind prior to steam cleaner activity. 

FIGURE 9-1. This worker has donned a modern, full-body protective garment with a virtually unobstructed view. Photo courtesy of DuPont Tyvelf l TycheirP protective apparel... 

Clotting of blood is, of course, one of the more significant ways in which the body protects itself from excessive blood loss after injury. 

If the classification and labeling of the product according to Tier II indicate that body protection is necessary, the following specific instructions, points 2 and 3, should be included on the label, unless the risk assessment according to Tiers III through V indicates otherwise. Point 2 ... 

Note that if the risk assessment indicates the need for specific body protection for more than 48 hours after application, then the specific instructions above should be duly modified. 

Both jars were capped tightly and checked for leaks again. Needless to say anytime one is working with these chemicals one should wear thick gloves and the proper eye and body protection. 

Fully Encapsulating Suits Chemical protective suits that are designed to offer full body protection, including SCBA, are gas tight, and meet the design criteria as outlined in NFPA Standard 1991. 

Often, gene mutations that could cause a genetic disorder are repaired by certain enzymes before the gene is expressed (makes a protein). Each cell has a number of pathways through which enzymes recognize and repair mistakes in DNA. Because DNA can be damaged or mutated in many ways, DNA repair is an important process by which the body protects itself from disease. 

When the U.S. was preparing to invade Iraq, there was great concern that our soldiers would be exposed to nerve agents. They were required not only to mask, but also to wear full body protective suits despite scorching temperatures. To me, this is overkill. The suits are extremely uncomfortable, and studies have shown that they hinder military performance by 40-50%. 

Personal protections eye protection (safety glasses), hand protection (gloves) body protection (appropriate working protective dress) occupational workers provided with immediate approach and contact numbers and... 

Boron carbide is a relatively inexpensive hard material, which is used for its mechanical properties of strength and extreme hardness in armor-plates for body protection, in sandblast nozzles, and as an abrasive for grinding and cutoff wheels. In nuclear plants, boron carbide is used as the neutron absorbing material of the control rods. 

War I. More recent use occurred in Middle East conflicts. Its oily nature makes it persistent on surfaces it contacts. Because sulfur mustard exerts toxic effects following dermal, ocular, and inhalation exposure, its use necessitated fiill body protection which, in tmn, required the development of protective clothing and significant changes in warfare operations. 

Body protection inclndes shirts, pants, coveralls, aprons, hats, and the like. As mentioned earlier, these items are fabricated from three general groups of materials ... 

Internal exposure results from intake of an unsealed radioactive material to the human body. Protection against internal exposure, therefore, can be achieved by preventing a radioactive material from being taken into the body. Entry routes of a radioactive material are the following ... 

The body protects the brain from toxic substances. 

Fa Spirit of Freshness Henkel Hydro- Pleases the body, protects the skin. 

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