Hi! I hope you are doing very well, this time I will leave you here, what are PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), for what and why its use and the advantages it has is important. Remember that your integrity and safety come first, in your work, housework and everyday life.
What is Personal Protective Equipment?
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) can save lives, it is all that special clothing that must be used to protect a person from the risks present in the work area, this depends on the type of risk to which they are exposed during the performance of their normal work activity In the Organic Law of Prevention, Conditions, and Work Environment (LOPCYMAT) establishes that it is the duty of the employer, employer or employer, to provide adequate protective clothing for company workers, and thus avoid damage to health, for this it is essential to follow a series of procedures for the provision of Personal Protective Equipment.
When combating the risks of accidents and damage to health, it is necessary to use the application of technical and organizational measures designed to eliminate the risks at their source or protect employees through collective protection provisions. When measures are insufficient , the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) is imposed, in order to prevent residual risks. From a technical point of view, PPE works by reducing some of the risk factor components. To combat the risks of accidents and damage to health, it is a priority to apply technical and organizational measures aimed at eliminating risks at their source or protect workers through collective protection provisions. In the case of safety, PPE works by reducing the consequences derived from the materialization of the risk. In the case of industrial hygiene, the equipment usually works by minimizing the concentration of the pollutant to which the worker is exposed. To carry out an activity where there is a risk factor, it is important that the appropriate clothing is used to avoid contact of any risk agent with the body.
Types of personal protective equipment:
Hearing protection.
Protection for the whole body.
Eye protection.
Protection for hands.
Foot protection.
For the respiratory system.
For the head.
It is important to monitor the good condition of the pampering, expiration date or deterioration, to make the corresponding request for replacement. Likewise, the PPE must be for individual use and not interchangeable.
Among the advantages of PPE we have:
Provide a barrier between a certain risk and the worker.
Reduce the severity of the consequences of the accident that the worker may suffer.
Improve the protection of the physical integrity of the worker.
It is recommended that organizations continually discuss with their employees hygiene and safety standards for safe work.
This Is Me delivering PPE to a worker in a food company.
production process in the food company
Use as reference https://www.fastmed.com.ve/que-son-los-equipos-de-proteccion-personal/
https://www.nueva-iso-45001.com/2017/11/epp-equipo-proteccion-personal/
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