Protective work clothing and equipment

Explain the requirements for protective work clothing for lead exposure. The employer must provide at no cost to the employee and assure that the employee uses appropriate protective work clothing and equipment that prevents lead contamination of the employee and the employee s garments such as, but not limited to coveralls or similar full-body work clothing gloves, hats, and shoes or disposable shoe coverlets and face shields, vented goggles, or other appropriate protective equipment which complies with 1910.133. 

Employee exposure means exposure to MDA which would occur if the employee were not using respirators or protective work clothing and equipment. 

Removal and storage.( ) The employer shall ensure that, at the end of their work shift, employees remove MDA-contaminated protective work clothing and equipment that is not routinely removed throughout the day in change areas provided in accordance with the provisions in paragraph (k) of this section. 

G) Protective work clothing and equipment. (1) Provision and use. Where the possibility of skin or eye irritation from inorganic arsenic exists, and for all workers working in regulated areas, the employer shall provide at no cost to the employee and assure that employees use appropriate and clean protective work clothing and equipment such as, but not limited to ... 

The employer shall ensure that change areas are equipped with separate storage facilities for protective work clothing and equipment and for street clothes, to prevent cross-contamination. The employer shall ensure that employees do not leave the workplace wearing any protective clothing or equipment that is required to be worn during the work shift. 

Provide exposed employees with protective work clothing and equipment. 

Cleaning and replacement ) The employer shall provide the employee with clean protective clothing and equipment. The employer shall ensure that protective work clothing or equipment required by this paragraph is cleaned, laundered, repaired, or replaced at intervals appropriate to maintain its effectiveness. 

Lunchroom facilities For those employees who must have a positive pressure, filtered air supply readily accessible to employees. Employees must wash their hands and face prior to eating, drinking or smoking. The employer must ensure that employees do not enter lunchroom lacihties with protective work clothing or equipment unless surface fibers have been removed from the clothing or equipment. Employees may not smoke in work areas where they are occupationally exposed to asbestos. 

Appropriate protective clothing and equipment should be worn to minimize exposure to methacrylate liquids and vapors. Chemically resistant clothes and gloves and splash-proof safety goggles ate recommended. The working area should be adequately ventilated to limit vapors. Should chemical exposure occur, contaminated clothing should be removed and the affected area washed with copious amounts of water. Medical attention should be sought if symptoms appear. Eurther information about methyl methacrylate and other methacrylates is available (141). 

MOPP Mission-Oriented Protective Posture, the protective clothing used by members of the U.S. military who engage in nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare. MOPP gear provides a flexible system requiring personnel to wear only that protective clothing and equipment appropriate to the threat level, work rate imposed by the mission, temperature, and humidity. 

Appropriate protective clothing and equipment should he worn to minimize exposure to methacrylate liquids and vapors. The working area should be adequately ventilated to limit vapors. 

Place reusable items in a plastic bag or hamper away from your other personal clothes and away from the family laundry. Place disposables in a separate plastic bag or container. The pesticides remaining on your personal protective equipment, work clothing, and other work items could injure persons who touch them. Do not allow children or pets near them. Do not allow contaminated gloves, boots, respirators, or other equipment to be washed in streams, ponds, or other bodies of water. 

Workers exposed to butter yellow should wear personal protective equipment and their work should be carried out only in restricted areas. Technical measures should prevent any contact with the skin and mucous membranes. After use, clothing and equipment should be placed in an impervious container for decontamination or disposal. Preemployment and periodic medical examination should focus on liver function. 

Therefore, if the work is allowed to proceed, the laboratory supervisor must provide all the facilities, information, protective clothing and equipment you need to work safely, but you must act responsibly on the information and make proper use of the safety equipment. 

Protective and precautionary measures needed to ensure safe working conditions, including protective clothing and equipment. There is a clear need for a respirator training program. 

There should be one or more senior operatives who are knowledgeable and well trained in precautionary and protective measures and also compliance with pesticide regulations. They should be responsible for the day-to-day supervision of plant operations, applications in the field, etc. No person should work alone while handling or likely to be exposed to anti-ChEs. There should always be an additional person nearby, designated as safety officer, who can view the operation at a distance sufficient, if necessary, to raise an alarm, to allow protective clothing and equipment CO be donned, and to undertake the initial rescue and possible first aid and resuscitation measures. Thus, ideally this person should be trained in the emergency mea.sures for an anti-ChE leak, spill, and exposure, and it is desirable for him or her to be trained in first aid measures to treat OP and CM poisoning. 

Large quantities of each item should not be needed in a typical spill kit. One or two persons actually working on the clean up, with one person bringing supplies and taking waste away is probably about optimum for an individual laboratory, unless the spiU is rmusually large. Aisle widths in the typical laboratory would preclude easy access of more than a few persons to the spill at a time, so that even if relatively complete protective clothing and equipment were needed, no more than about three sets would be needed at a time. 

A worker s body may need protection against heat or cold, bad weather, chemical or metal splash, impact or penetration and contaminated dust. Alternatively, there may be a risk of the worker s own clothes causing contamination of the product, as in the food industry. Appropriate clothing will be recommended in the company s health and safety policy. Ordinary working clothes and clothing provided for food hygiene purposes are not included in the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations. 

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