What is personal protective equipment?
Personal protective equipment, commonly referred to as "PPE", is equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause serious workplace injuries and getting sick. These injuries and sicknesses may result from contact with chemicals, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards.
Personal protective equipment includes items such as
1) gloves, safety glasses and shoes, earplugs or muffs, hard hats, respirators, coveralls, vests, and full bodysuits.
2) Fire Fighting and Protection Products
3) Gas Detection Products
4) Respiratory Products etc.
What can be done to ensure proper use of personal protective equipment?
All personal protective equipment should be safely designed and constructed and should be maintained in a clean and reliable fashion. It should fit comfortably, encouraging worker use. If the personal protective equipment does not fit properly as this makes the difference between being safely covered or dangerously exposed.
Beacon Safety Solution works in various industries to determine the ideal safety requirements needed to keep and maintain the workstation in line with our motto which says, "make every zone a safety zone"
We assist our clients both in SA and within the Southern African Countries with sourcing and delivering the following range of products:
Fire Protection: Standard Fire Fighting Gear, Fire Boxes/cabinets, Fire blankets, Fire Helmets, Fire Hydrants, Fire Fighting Equipment, etc
Gas Detection instruments
Head To Toe Protection products
Arc Protection Products
Chemical Protection products
Respiratory protection - for example, disposable, cartridge, airline, half or full face
Eye protection – for example, spectacles/goggles, shields, visors
Hearing protection – for example, ear muffs and plugs
Hand protection – for example, gloves and barrier creams
Foot protection – for example, shoes/boots
Head protection – for example, helmets, caps, hoods, hats
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