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| Are You Meeting Your PPE Training Obligations? |
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is an important part of a complete safety program. Of course, it’s only one component and it should never be the first option selected to control a hazard. Ideally, the hazard should be removed completely or controlled at its source before PPE is used, and most regulatory bodies require some attempt by employers to do so. But if removing the hazard completely is not possible, then PPE must be used to protect employees.
An Employer’s Duties
One of the duties an employer has with regard to PPE is to train employees in the proper use of the equipment, including how to wear it, when to wear it, how to care for it and how to know when it needs replacing. You must also document and enforce the usage of PPE, and monitor its effectiveness.
3 Ways to Ensure Success
Here are 3 ways you can check to see if your PPE training is working and to let your employees know how well they’re doing:
- Monitor all of your incident reports to make sure that the employees involved were wearing their proper PPE at the time of the incident.
- Perform regular site walks around your work area and do formal observations. Post the results of the observations on a group bulletin board or send an email to let your employees know how well they’re doing.
- Take pictures of your employees doing their work with the proper PPE and post them for everyone to see with some type of congratulatory note.
Never assume any employee understands why or how a particular piece of PPE is to be used or maintained. Periodic refresher training about PPE requirements is important. Lead a session in your workplace with this One-Click Personal Protective Equipment Safety Meeting, complete with a safety talk, quiz, meeting tips, poster, PowerPoint and audio presentation.
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| We’re not sure how much faith this worker has in either a superior being or in the scaffolding and ladder he has used to elevate himself high up on a church cross in Costa Rica. (Naval Safety Center) |
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| Accused Murderer Not Criminally Responsible Because of Heavy Metal Toxicity |
A Canadian man who strangled his wife has been found not criminally responsible because he was suffering from the effects of heavy metal toxicity as a result of workplace exposure to lead, cadmium and manganese.
Narin Sok, 52, of Edmonton, AB, worked for nine years in scrap metal yards, where his job often involved cutting and peeling wires to separate metals in preparation for recycling. He told doctors he only occasionally used respiratory PPE because he found it too hot.
Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Darlene Acton found that Sok had been suffering from a mental disorder that prevented him from understanding or appreciating his actions. There had been no history of violence in the couple’s marriage prior to Deang Huon’s murder.
Court heard his behavior had grown increasingly bizarre in the days leading up to the murder three years ago. He stopped working, paid hundreds of dollars for a cab ride to visit his mother and told family members that he was being followed.
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