Respiratory protective gear

Personal protective equipment (PPE) is the last line of defense against job related hazards (Safety and Health Program Management Fact Sheets, n.d.). PPE reduces the risk of injury through head, eye, arm/hand, body, leg, foot, hearing, and respiratory protective gear. 

Level B is used when the highest level of respiratory protection is required, but skin and eye protection will suffice with splash resistant gear. The equipment includes SCBA and splash resistant clothing, hood, gloves, hardhat, boots, booties, and two-way communication and cooling system. 

Assume that agents pose both a severe respiratory and severe contact hazard. Wear appropriate fully encapsulating protective gear with positive pressure self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA). Structural firefighters protective clothing is recommended for fire situations only it is not effective in spill or release events. 

Sulfur/Arsenical Vesicants pose both a severe respiratory and severe contact hazard. Wear appropriate fully encapsulating protective gear with positive... 

These Toxins pose both a severe respiratory and severe contact hazard. Toxins are generally dispersed as aerosols. Although Toxins are nonvolatile and do not pose an inhalation hazard once the aerosol has settled, residue from aerosols of Dermally Hazardous Toxins can still pose a contact threat. Wear appropriate fully encapsulating protective gear with positive pressure self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA). There is a significant hazard posed by contact of contaminated material with abraded skin or injection of toxins through contact with debris. Appropriate protection to avoid any potential abrasion, laceration or pimcture of the skin is essential. 

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