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(a) Application. Protective equipment, including personal
protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective
clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers,
shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable
condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes
or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical
irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or
impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption,
inhalation or physical contact.
(b) Employee-owned equipment. Where employees provide their
own protective equipment, the employer shall be responsible to
assure its adequacy, including proper maintenance, and sanitation
of such equipment.
(c) Design. All personal protective equipment shall be of
safe design and construction for the work to be performed.
(d) Hazard assessment and equipment selection.
(d)(1) The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if
hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate
the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards
are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall:
(d)(1)(i) Select, and have each affected employee use, the types
of PPE that will protect the affected employee from the hazards
identified in the hazard assessment;
(d)(1)(ii) Communicate selection decisions to each affected employee;
and,
(d)(1)(iii) Select PPE that properly fits each affected employee.
Note: Non-mandatory Appendix B contains an example of procedures
that would comply with the requirement for a hazard assessment.
(d)(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace
hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification
that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying
that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard
assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification
of hazard assessment.
(e) Defective and damaged equipment. Defective or damaged personal
protective equipment shall not be used.
(f) Training.
(f)(1) The employer shall provide training to each employee who
is required by this section to use PPE. Each such employee shall
be trained to know at least the following:
(f)(1)(i) When PPE is necessary;
(f)(1)(ii) What PPE is necessary;
(f)(1)(iii) How to properly don, doff, adjust, and wear PPE;
(f)(1)(iv) The limitations of the PPE; and,
(f)(1)(v) The proper care, maintenance, useful life and disposal
of the PPE.
(f)(2) Each affected employee shall demonstrate an understanding
of the training specified in paragraph (f)(1) of this section,
and the ability to use PPE properly, before being allowed to
perform work requiring the use of PPE.
(f)(3) When the employer has reason to believe that any affected
employee who has already been trained does not have the understanding
and skill required by paragraph (f)(2) of this section, the employer
shall retrain each such employee. Circumstances where retraining
is required include, but are not limited to, situations where:
(f)(3)(i) Changes in the workplace render previous training obsolete;
or
(f)(3)(ii) Changes in the types of PPE to be used render previous
training obsolete; or
(f)(3)(iii) Inadequacies in an affected employee's knowledge
or use of assigned PPE indicate that the employee has not retained
the requisite understanding or skill.
(f)(4) The employer shall verify that each affected employee
has received and understood the required training through a written
certification that contains the name of each employee trained,
the date(s) of training, and that identifies the subject of the
certification.
(g) Paragraphs (d) and (f) of this section apply only to 1910.133,
1910.135, 1910.136, and 1910.138. Paragraphs (d) and (f) of this
section do not apply to 1910.134 and 1910.137. [39 FR 23502,
June 27, 1974, as amended at 59 FR 16334, April 6, 1994; 59 FR
33910, July 1, 1994; 59 FR 34580, July 6, 1994.
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