Personal protective clothing:
Personal protective equipment (PPE) refers to protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer’s body from injury or infection. The hazards addressed by protective equipment include physical, electrical, heat, chemicals, bio hazards, and airborne particulate matter. Protective equipment may be worn for job-related occupational safety and health purposes.
Eye injuries :
Eye injuries can happen through a variety of means. Most eye injuries occur when solid particles such as metal slivers, wood chips, sand or cement chips get into the eye. Smaller particles in smokes and larger particles, such as broken glass also account for particulate matter causing eye injuries. Blunt force trauma can occur to the eye when excessive force comes into contact with the eye. Chemical burns, biological agents, and thermal agents, from sources such as welding torches and UV light also contribute to occupational eye injury.
Skin protection:
Occupational skin diseases such as contact dermatitis, skin cancers, and other skin injuries and infections are the second most common type of occupational disease and can be very costly. Skin hazards, which lead to occupational skin disease, can be classified into four groups.
- Chemical agents can come into contact with the skin through direct contact with contaminated surfaces, deposition of aerosols, immersion or
- Physical agents such as extreme temperatures and ultraviolet or solar radiation can be damaging to the skin over prolonged
- Mechanical trauma occurs in the form of friction, pressure, abrasions, lacerations and
- Biological agents such as parasites, microorganisms, plants and animals can have varied effects when exposed to the
Industrial noise:
Industrial noise is often overlooked as an occupational hazard, as it is not visible to the eye. Occupational hearing loss accounted for 14% of all occupational illnesses. These hearing loss cases occurred to workers in the manufacturing sector.
