Yes, the right use of the right health and safety equipment can save lives! The personal protective equipment used in workplaces involved in construction, manufacturing, and food services, among other examples, are designed to provide protection against hazards like falling debris, corrosive chemicals, and slippery floors.

Hard Hats

These hats are designed as protection against the impact including the penetration of falling and flying objects especially in construction areas. Avoid altering hard hats in any way as doing so will lessen its efficacy and always be sure to wear the right size for maximum protection.

Eye and Face Protection

While hard hats are the most ubiquitous health and safety equipment, goggles, spectacles and full-face shields are just as important. These eye and face protection items are designed for use in woodworking, metal-working, and air-tool operations, among others.

Hearing Protection

Although not all workplaces will require hearing protection, it is always a good idea to have headphones and earplugs on hand, just in case; construction, mining and manufacturing sites are the most common places for the use of these items. These products are designed to lessen the impact of short-term and long-term exposure undesirable noises in the workplace that can damage the hearing function.

Lung Protection

Sadly, what you cannot see but can inhale causes the most harm to your health – and this is true for contaminants, pollutants, and toxins in the workplace. This is where respiratory protection in the form of dust masks and respirators come in, said items of which are designed as protection against the undue inhalation of dust, paint sprays, and chemical fumes, to name a few examples.

Hand Protection

Don’t forget the hands either. Choices in gloves include rubber, latex, leather, heat resistant, thermal insulated, and Kevlar-reinforced, each one of which has specific uses.

Safety Clothing

The clothes used for safety purposes vary depending on the workplace wherein these are worn. Choices include coveralls, white suits, and coats, to name a few, all of which should be combined with the appropriate head, eye and face protection. These pieces are obviously designed for comfort, durability, and usability as well as hygiene, where applicable.

Of course, what are hard hats, goggles and protective clothes without the appropriate footwear? Boots are commonly used for construction sites while fluid-resistant shoe covers are common in laboratories.

Do you require your employees to properly wear and use health and safety equipment at all times? We hope you do!