Increase occupational health safety with ‘Personal Protective Equipment For Your Safety’

In the operation of occupational health and safety, in general, found that many business establishments often bring Personal Protective Equipment – PPE used as one of the control and prevention measures for danger to reduce the risk and the intensity from accidents that may occur in the area to the workers.

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Personal Protective Equipment For Your Safety

1. Head protection equipment
Used for protecting the head from impact, penetration of solids,  danger from electricity, and liquid chemicals.

2. Face and eye protection equipment
Used for protecting the face and eyes from a solid concussion, a spattering of chemicals, and other dangerous liquids. Face and eye protection equipment such as safety glasses, safety goggles, visors, visors for welding.

3. Hand and arm protection devices
Used to prevent the potential for hand and arm hazards from chemicals, sharp objects, hot and cold temperatures, electricity, germs, and dirt such as gloves, armbands, and thimble.

4. Leg and foot protection
Used to prevent the danger that may occur to the legs and feet from impact, crushed or escaped by hard objects spilling exposure to electricity such as safety shoes, rubber shoes, and plastic shoes.

5. Body protection equipment
use for protection from dangers from chemical splashes, molten metal, exposure to extremely hot or cold temperatures, including fire, bumping into hard objects such as heat shield, body pad or bib, etc.

6. Respiratory protection equipment
Used to prevent harmful substances or toxic substances that contaminate the air from entering the body through the respiratory system such as air filter masks, air transmission kit respiratory protection with a portable air tank.

7. The loud noise protection device
Used for reducing the noise level in the working environment to a safe level before entering the operator’s hearing system. This is to prevent hearing loss, such as earplugs and noise reduction and the earmuffs reduce the noise.

8. Fall protection devices
used for preventing people from working in high places such as seat belts, safety harnesses, safety ropes, and lifesaving straps.

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