Personal protective equipment

and venue owners all have a legal duty to protect the health and safety of employees and others by providing: Risk assessments to prevent risks Personal protective equipment (PEE) free of charge Safe procedures in the event of fire or other emergencies Training in safe ways of working Adequate welfare, first aid facilities and personnel Safe equipment Reporting and monitoring of dangerous occurrences and certain

good hygiene in everything they do, whether it be ensuring they wear personal protective equipment (PPE), good food hygiene, cleaning up after themselves or supporting an individual take medication. 1.2 Employers also have a responsibility to their staff, clients and other people who come in to contact with their services. employers need to ensure that staff are trained in how to prevent and control infection, have the equipment needed such as PPE and cleaning products as well as to check that employees

regulations. Personal Protective Equipment Employees are required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) at all time when located on project sites, except in designated rest areas, which will be determined by the site foreman. PPE includes: • safety glasses • hard hat • gloves • reflective vest • specialty protective equipment that is project specific These items will be provided to the employee at no cost and will be replaced free of charge unless the protective equipment is lost or intentionally

how to use equipment. Next is the accident and emergency procedures as there must be a location for first aid facilities to ensure that if there was to be an accident there would be no problems. Furthermore to

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (PPE) 1992, Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 Staff must be fully trained in the service and have a very good understanding of the benefits and outcome of the treatment. Micro-current (non-surgical facelift) Tones

uncontrolled sources of energy; kinetic, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic are often associated with physical hazards. Physical hazards lead to injury to workers when an object, piece of equipment or material comes in contact with a worker. For example, exposure to unguarded or unprotected electrical equipment, splashing of dangerous substances, and working at height. In the accident data, it shows that there are several risk factors contributing to severe and fatal

apply when working with fluid power equipment and systems. P2. Describe the safety precautions that apply when working with fluid power equipment and systems. P1. Fluid power is the use of fluids under immense pressure to generate, control, and transmit power; this is split into hydraulics which uses oil or water, and pneumatics which uses gas such as air. There are many health and safety legislations and regulations that apply when working with fluid power equipment and systems. This is to prevent any

limited to, the proper handwashing technique, (thoroughly washing under warmest water, tolerated, for twenty seconds), disinfection of work area before and after working, allowing for only the lab manual/book to be on area along with experiment and equipment. Having knowledge of this information will give me the tools to be a safe operator while in the in the laboratory ensuring my safety, along with others that may be present. Additionally, reduction of accidents and injuries would occur when one knows

- Have employees rotate half days exposed to the carbon monoxide and half days on non-exposure duties. - Increase monitoring equipment in the facility. 3. Personal Protective Equipment: - Should only be used in the event that engineering and/or administrative controls are not feasible or practical. - Use of respiratory assist equipment during peak TVL periods. 2. Referring to question 1, how could you use the elements of the hazard control hierarchy to help clarify

Outcome1: Identify the legal responsibilities of both employers and employees and the importance of health and safety in the working environment Practical Activities The candidate will be able to 1 Identify, select and use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) appropriate for the task being undertaken 2 Follow agreed procedures for obtaining and returning specialist PPE after use 3 Recognise warning, advisory, mandatory and prohibition signs 4 Follow accident and emergency procedures