Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) training is offered by EDMC Safety & Health. Personal Protective Equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers are required to be used wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation, or physical contact. The training requirements, as outlined in OSHA Standard 29 CFR 1910.132 through OSHA Standard 29 CFR 1910.140, include:

• when PPE is required;
• what PPE is required;
• how to properly put on, take off, adjust, and wear the PPE;
• the limitations of the PPE; and
• the proper care, maintenance, useful life, and disposal of the PPE.