Section One

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Section One

Personal Protective equipment

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Whenever you see this sign - Get your pen out and start taking

notes!

Health and Safety

Is a ‘two way’ street!

Both Employer and Employee have

responsibilities under Health and Safety Laws

EMPLOYERS' DUTIES

The principal duty of employers is that imposed by the Health and Safety at Work, etc Act 1974 (HASWA),

which is to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of their employees and anyone else who may be affected by their business activities.

Duties of the Employer

So what happens if an employer doesn’t keep it’s employees

safe?

It gets done. That’s what!

“Associated British Ports (ABP) has been hit with a second massive health and safety fine in six months after a court heard how its 'woefully inadequate' safety procedures led to a contract welder, Michael McKenna, being crushed to death. ABP was ordered to pay out a total of £250,000 in fines and costs by Hull Crown Court after it was told of the fatality at ABP's Alexandra Dock in Hull.The prosecution follows another fine of £200,000 imposed on ABP in July 2001 after a worker was struck and killed by a falling metal coil at the same site just one month after McKenna's death.”

News Report

And it’s not just big firms that get done.

Mr Ian Goom, trading as Aztec Screeding, of Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire was this week (17 July 2006) fined £3,000

and ordered to pay £3,028 costs at the City of London Magistrates Court. The prosecution, brought by the Health and

Safety Executive (HSE), followed its investigation into an incident in which a construction worker’s fingers were

partially amputated.Speaking after the case, investigating inspector Simon Hester said: “The risks associated employing young people are

well known, managers of young persons should take into account their inexperience and possible lack of awareness in

assessing potential dangers.

And it’s not just big firms that get done.

But the Health and Safety at work act

doesn’t just refer to employees.

Let’s have another look at the ‘Principle duty’ of employers

EMPLOYERS' DUTIES

The principal duty of employers is that imposed by the Health and Safety at Work, etc Act 1974 (HASWA),

which is to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at

work of their employees and anyone else who may be affected by

their business activities.

Duties of the Employer

Duties of the Employer

This means that visitors to the site, and members of the public must be

protected from harm too.

For instance….

In August 2005, Transco were fined FIFTEEN MILLION POUNDS following a

gas main explosion which killed an entire family in a nearby house.

Court Judgement

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/26_08_05_transco.pdf#search=%22british%20gas%20fined%20explosion%22

Health and Safetyis a ‘two way’

street!

You have responsibilities too!

Carry out all operations and work in the prescribed manner

Employees will:

Report any defects in plant or equipment immediately

Develop a personal concern for the safety of themselves and others

Suggest ways of eliminating hazards

Avoid improvising or taking short-cuts, which would entail unauthorized and unnecessary risks

Employees will:

Inform transferred and new employees of hazards involved in the operation/work of the department

Report accidents/incidents which have led or may lead to damage to plant or equipment

Co-operate in the investigation of accidents with the objective of introducing methods to prevent a

recurrence

Set a personal example, especially to junior members of the department.

Use the correct tools and equipment for the operation or work, including any relevant safety

equipment and protective clothing provided

Employees will:

Today we’re going to look at PPE.

Personal Protective Equipment.

What it is. And why bother using it?

The first problem with Health and Safety is…..

It might happen to the bloke sitting next to you, but you?

Are immortal

!(Yeah, Right!)

The second major problem with Health and Safety are these Jolly Little Safety Illustrations

Why do you suppose this is?

Nothing bad ever happens to cartoon

characters!

Oh really?This is the ‘Safety Image’

And this is reality!

A warning to be careful when working at heights

See how his poor arm is broken….

And this is the actual broken

arm.

Unfortunately it wasn’t just

broken, it got caught in the scaffold and

was ripped off on the way

down

It’s very easy to walk into things on a building site…

But he won’t get hurt will he?

Walking into the end of a scaffold pole certainly hurt

Not too shocking?

Here’s what happens when you walk into a power line while carrying an

aluminium ladder!

Fiction again

No little throbbing finger here.

In fact.. No fingers!

P.P.E.

Personal

Protective

Equipment

Can you name some items of

PPE?

Write a list in your notepad

Hard hats – goggles - face shields earplugs - steel-toed shoes

respirators – gloves – overallsare all forms of

personal protective equipment (PPE).

Health and Safety at Work regulations require employers to furnish suitable protective equipment where there is a

reasonable probability that the PPE can prevent injury. 

Protection for the eyes and face

In one year - Out of 770 workers suffering face injuries, only 1% was wearing face protection.

Sixty percent sustaining eye injuries were not wearing eye

protective equipment.

Here are a few of them

A bog standard black eye when the brick he was cutting flew up

and gave him a whack

Here are a few of them

The caustic soda he was using to clear a blocked drain splashed into his eyes.

Here are a few of them

And this nail through the eyeball probably smarted a bit!

Protect your hands

A wide assortment of gloves, hand pads, sleeves, and wristlets are used where there are hazards present that can cause arm and hand injuries, such as, burns, electrical shock, or absorption of chemicals.

A major problem with hand protection

is..

A major problem with hand protection

is..

Wearing the wrong sort of glove, or defective gloves

The owner of this hand was wearing fabric ‘gardening’

gloves which became soaked with petrol

And caught fire!

If you are carrying out maintenance of

plumbing systems in public places such as

shops, pubs etc.

You’ll get plenty of these!

How do you suppose you would protect yourself

from ‘needle stick’ injuries?

If you find a needle in a cistern or basin waste trap

If you find a needle in a cistern or basin waste trap

Pick it up carefully with pliers (if you can get to it ok)

If you find a needle in a cistern or basin waste trap

Pick it up carefully with pliers (if you can get to it ok)

Gloves are not much use in protecting against needle-stick injury.

If you find a needle in a cistern or basin waste trap

Pick it up carefully with pliers (if you can get to it ok)

Gloves are not much use in protecting against needle-stick injury.

If you have to pick it up by hand, be careful – hold it by the body of the

syringe.

Do NOT dispose of it in a rubbish bin!

Do NOT dispose of it in a rubbish bin!

Ask the owner of the premises you’re working in if they have a SHARPS bin. If they have, dispose of it there. If not, put it somewhere SAFE until

you’ve finished work,

Do NOT dispose of it in a rubbish bin!

Ask the owner of the premises you’re working in if they have a SHARPS bin. If they have, dispose of it there. If not, put it somewhere SAFE until

you’ve finished work,

Then take it to a chemist, doctor’s surgery, hospital, police station, where they will dispose of it in a

‘sharps’ bin

Foot protection

This is a safety boot worn by a

bloke who got his foot caught in a bit of machinery

And this is all that happened!

This is the foot of a bloke who caught his foot in a bit of

machinery

And wasn’t

wearing safety boots

Overalls

Come in many shapes and

sizes

Which type is best for you?

Bib and brace

Comfortable, but not very good

protection for your upper body

Boiler Suit

Boiler suits give full body

protection. But they can be very hot and bulky,

leading to them being worn…

like this!

Note the arm of the boiler suit

dangling at the front – All ready to get caught up in any moving

machinery

This is goodThis is

dangerous!

Overalls are not worn just to keep

you clean.

But to protect you from injury too.

The result of wearing the wrong overalls for the job. A boiler suit would have saved his arms – at

least down to the wrists

Hard hats!

Although required to wear hard hats while performing certain tasks,

only 16% of construction workers were actually

wearing them when head injuries occurred

Acute Trauma (definition)Trauma is defined as "an injury

or wound to a living body caused by the application of external

force or violence."

Acute Trauma (definition)Trauma is defined as "an injury

or wound to a living body caused by the application of external

force or violence."

Such as, if something dropped onto your head!

Here we go again with the crap cartoons!

This is what happens when a hard hat is hit by a falling object.

This is what happens when a head is hit by a falling object.

And this.

And finally, there are the industrial injuries that can’t be seen

The invisible enemy! NOISE

If you don’t want to learn sign

language, protect your hearing!

Airborne particles – Dust – Will cause serious lung damage.

Airborne particles – Dust – can cause serious lung damage.

Protect your lungs by using a well fitting, effective respirator.

Airborne particles – Dust – can cause serious lung damage.

Protect your lungs by using a well fitting, effective respirator.

Are paper dust masks any good?

‘Chocolate’ and ‘teapot’come to mind!

Look after your lungs

A nice healthy lung

Look after your lungs

A nice healthy lung

A very unhealthy lung

P.P.E.

Personal

Protective

Equipment

Duties of the Employer

This means that visitors to the site, and members of the public must be

protected from harm too.

For instance….