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Skin and hand protection, and protective clothing - Coggle Diagram
Skin and hand protection, and protective clothing
Skin Protection (page 16)
What are 3 ways to protect against the sun?
Wear suitable clothing
Wear a hot
Put on sunscreen
What does UV mean?
And how is it dangerous?
Ultra Violet
UV causes sunburn. And in bad cases this can cause skin cancer
and affect the eyes.
Chemical and irritants
Barrier creams can provided limited protection
MDF dust is an irritant and turpentine which
is often used to thin and clean up oil based
paint is solvent.
Over exposure to solvents and MDF dust can
causes allergic conditions of the skin
Best protection against skin allergies are:
Ask to move to another job
Wear gloves and barrier creams
Wash affected areas
Use hand lotions to replace lost oils
What does SPF mean
and why is it important?
Sun Protection Factor
The higher the factor
the more protection provided
by a suntan lotion
Hand protection
What are 4 types of hand protection?
Leather gloves: protect against cuts and burns
PVC (plastic) gloves: protect against chemicals
Cotton gloves: protect finished surfaces from
smudges from the oils in your skin
Leather or reinforced poly-cotton gloves: provided
protection from sharp edge and course surfaces.
Protective clothing
When is protective clothing needed?
around machinery, such as
circular saws and lathes
outside, for protection from the
sun and the weather
when near heat or sparks
when spraying paint or fibre-glass
when carrying tools.
When working outdoors you will
need to prepare for varying conditions with:
wet weather gear
sun block, and a hat
durable clothing and a leather
apron on building sites
For further information go to page 18 of the Student Safety Resource found in your Google Classroom