Explain The Four Levels Of Protection

My current place of work provides policies and procedures about the use of protective equipment and how/when you must use them as PPE is essential when working within hazardous activities such as disposing of hazardous waste, preparing/handling meals, cleaning etc.

| State why and when health and safety control equipment, identified by the principles of protection, should be used relating to types, purpose and limitations of each type, the work situation, occupational use and the general work environment, in relation to:–   collective protective measures–   personal protective equipment (PPE)–   respiratory protective equipment (RPE)–   local exhaust ventilation (LEV).

The use of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE), like plastic aprons, gloves footwear when handling contaminated items, including items contaminated with body fluids, and disposing of waste,

The employee has to wear PPE at all times when carrying out any personal care to help prevent any cross infection and to help prevent any.

The provision and use of personal protective equipment could include using gloves, glasses, earmuffs, aprons, safety footwear, dust masks.

You should wear the correct PPE for the job i.e LEV when working in a closed environment. Read all hazard boards.

Criteria 1.4: State why and when health and safety control equipment, identified by the principles of protection, should be used relating to types, purpose and limitations of each type, the work situation, occupational use and the general work environment, in relation to:

5.4 Current regulations set out by the health and safety executive are, 1) Every employer shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that any personal protective equipment provided to his employees by virtue of regulation 4 (1) is properly used. (2) Every employee shall use any personal protective equipment provided to them by virtue of these Regulations in accordance both with any training in the use of the personal protective equipment concerned which has been received by him and the instructions respecting that use which have been provided to him by virtue of regulation 9. (3) Every self-employed person shall make full and proper use of any personal protective equipment provided to him by virtue of regulation 4(2). (4) Every employee and self-employed person who has been provided with personal protective equipment by virtue of regulation 4 shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that it is returned to the accommodation provided for it after use

| Protect the environment in accordance with safe working practices as appropriate to the work.

These regulations seeks to ensure that where the risks cannot be controlled by other means, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is correctly selected and used.

The purpose of PPE is to reduce employee exposure to hazards when engineering and administrative controls

The EPA (US Environmental Protection Agency) are helping by conducting cleanups at sites where hazardous chemicals have been released into the environment. These cleanups take place at abandoned waste sights, federal facilities, and where any storage tanks have leaked. Cleanups may also include the reuse of sites and redevelopment of natural habitats. The greatest EPA cleanup program is called the Superfund program. This program locates, investigates and cleans hazardous waste sites throughout the US.

Technical Review Comment no. 3 and 5 – As previously stated, the use of “Removal Management Decision” refers to an approach used under the EPA Removal Program and not necessarily under the EPA Remedial Program. As previously indicated, the hazard level threshold of 1 is appropriate.

Since the birth of The Superfund Act there has been a fair amount of controversy in its effectiveness of hazardous waste site cleanup, but upon my research it appears to have had a great deal of success in the execution of its laws. Although each new administration brings a change of funding, or lack thereof, the EPA fights on

These protection systems either helps in capturing the rocks or to control their trajectory once it has fallen down, they are of following types :