- Standard
Number: 1910.132
- Standard
Title: General requirements.
- SubPart
Number: I
- SubPart
Title: Personal Protective Equipment
- Applicable
Standard: Applicable Standard:
(a)
Application.
Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment
for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing,
respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall
be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable
condition 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.
(b)
Employee-owned
equipment. Where employees provide their own protective equipment,
the employer shall be responsible to assure its adequacy, including
proper maintenance, and sanitation of such equipment.
(c)
Design.
All personal protective equipment shall be of safe design and
construction for the work to be performed.
..1910.132(d)
(d)
Hazard
assessment and equipment selection.
(d)(1)
The
employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards
are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate
the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards
are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall:
(d)(1)(i)
Select,
and have each affected employee use, the types of PPE that will
protect the affected employee from the hazards identified in
the hazard assessment;
(d)(1)(ii)
Communicate
selection decisions to each affected employee; and,
(d)(1)(iii)
Select
PPE that properly fits each affected employee. Note: Non-mandatory
Appendix B contains an example of procedures that would comply
with the requirement for a hazard assessment.
(d)(2)
The
employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment
has been performed through a written certification that identifies
the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation
has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and,
which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.
(e)
Defective
and damaged equipment. Defective or damaged personal protective
equipment shall not be used.
..1910.132(f)
(f)
Training.
(f)(1)
The
employer shall provide training to each employee who is required
by this section to use PPE. Each such employee shall be trained
to know at least the following:
(f)(1)(i)
When
PPE is necessary;
(f)(1)(ii)
What
PPE is necessary;
(f)(1)(iii)
How
to properly don, doff, adjust, and wear PPE;
(f)(1)(iv)
The
limitations of the PPE; and,
(f)(1)(v)
The
proper care, maintenance, useful life and disposal of the PPE.
(f)(2)
Each
affected employee shall demonstrate an understanding of the
training specified in paragraph (f)(1) of this section, and
the ability to use PPE properly, before being allowed to perform
work requiring the use of PPE.
(f)(3)
When
the employer has reason to believe that any affected employee
who has already been trained does not have the understanding
and skill required by paragraph (f)(2) of this section, the
employer shall retrain each such employee. Circumstances where
retraining is required include, but are not limited to, situations
where:
(f)(3)(i)
Changes
in the workplace render previous training obsolete; or
..1910.132(f)(3)(ii)
(f)(3)(ii)
Changes
in the types of PPE to be used render previous training obsolete;
or
(f)(3)(iii)
Inadequacies
in an affected employee's knowledge or use of assigned PPE indicate
that the employee has not retained the requisite understanding
or skill.
(f)(4)
The
employer shall verify that each affected employee has received
and understood the required training through a written certification
that contains the name of each employee trained, the date(s)
of training, and that identifies the subject of the certification.
(g)
Paragraphs
(d) and (f) of this section apply only to 1910.133, 1910.135,
1910.136, and 1910.138. Paragraphs (d) and (f) of this section
do not apply to 1910.134 and 1910.137.
[39
FR 23502, June 27, 1974, as amended at 59 FR 16334, April 6,
1994; 59 FR 33910, July 1, 1994; 59 FR 34580, July 6, 1994]
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