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Protective footwear and maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)…
Protective footwear and maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Protective footwear
(Student Safety Resource page 19)
What features should safety shoes and boots have?
Strong leather uppers
Non skid soles
What do steel caps
protect your feet from?
From falling objects
From accidently kicking or tripping over
a hazard
What situations can boots be used for?
wet areas e.g. gumboots
construction site/workshop
welding
on-site fitting
Note: never wear sandals or jandals in work areas
because they offer minimum protection.
Care and maintenance of PPE (page 20)
Poorly fitting or unmaintained
PPE is likely to cause?
Uncomfortable to wear
Unlikely to protect the wearer and may
even expose them to additional hazards
Can you think of an example
of this?
To keep PPE well maintained
Here are 5 ways
to maintain PPE.
Cleaning the lenses of safety glasses
regularly
Reporting defects or damage to
your supervisor
Checking and cleaning ear muffs
Cleaning and inspecting the soles
of boots or shoes
Sterilising respiratory equipment
and changing filters regularily
