Personal Protective Equipment
Personal Protective Equipment is often known as PPE
and refers to any protective clothing, helmets, goggles, glasses or other garments
that are designed to protect the wearer from injury. Under no circumstances can
an employer ask for money from an employee for any PPE that is required, regardless
if it is returnable or not. This requirement also applies to agency workers if they
are legally regarded as your employees.
PPE has serious limitations due to the fact that it does not eliminate the hazard
at source and may result in employees being exposed to the hazard if the equipment
fails. Therefore, PPE should always be used as a last resort and you should always
try to eliminate the hazard wherever possible.
Citation plc’s health and safety consultants will visit your organisation and help
you to determine areas of high risk. The health and safety consultant will then
advise you on the best ways in which you can eliminate or control hazards. If the
only way of controlling the hazard is the use of PPE then the consultant and the
Citation plc helpline will steer you in the right direction.
On occasions, staff will need to be trained how to use some personal protective
equipment for example respiratory protective equipment (RPE). It is vital that any
selected RPE is adequate and suitable for the purpose and it may be necessary to
undertake face fit testing which needs to be done by a trained, competent person.
It is equally important to ensure that all equipment that is supplied is maintained
and in functioning correctly as well as making sure that equipment is stored correctly
when not in use. Citation plc will provide suitable forms which you can use to record
who has been issued with what equipment and when. The form also enables you to record
if any training has been provided to individuals.
We currently provide fixed cost compliance solutions for over 6,000 clients across the UK.
Operating throughout the UK, Citation is the UK’s leading provider of Health & Safety and Employment Law compliance solutions.
Citation is proud of its contribution towards the creation of a safe and fair business environment, whilst at the same time relieving the burden of regulatory compliance from its clients.
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