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## Part 18 Personal Protective Equipment ## Duty to use personal protective equipment 228 (1) If the hazard assessment indicates the need for personal protective equipment, an employer must ensure that - (a) workers wear personal protective equipment that is correct for the hazard and protects workers, - (b) workers properly use and wear the personal protective equipment, - (c) the personal protective equipment is in a condition to perform the function for which it is designed, and - (d) workers are trained in the correct use, care, limitations and assigned maintenance of the personal protective equipment. ## 228 (2) A worker must - (a) use and wear properly the appropriate personal protective equipment specified in this Code in accordance with the training and instruction received, - (b) inspect the personal protective equipment before using it, and - (c) not use personal protective equipment that is unable to perform the function for which it is designed. 228 (3) An employer must ensure that the use of personal protective equipment does not itself endanger the worker. ## Eye Protection ## Eye and face protectors 229 (1) If a worker's eyes may be injured or irritated at a work site, an employer must ensure that the worker wears personal protective equipment to protect the eyes that is - (a) approved to CSA Standard Z94.3-15, Eye and face protectors , and - (b) appropriate to the work being done and the hazard involved. 229 (2) Prescription eyewear may be worn if it - (a) is personal protective equipment to protect the eyes, - (b) meets the requirements of CSA Standard Z94.3-15, Eye and face protectors , and - (c) is appropriate to the work and the hazard involved. 229 (2.1) Prescription personal protective equipment to protect the eyes having glass lenses must not be used if there is danger of impact unless it is worn behind equipment meeting the requirements of subsection (1). 229 (2.2) If the use of plastic prescription lenses is impracticable, and …

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## Subpart I-Personal Protective Equipment AUTHORITY: 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR [redacted postal code]), 9-83 (48 FR [redacted postal code]), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR [redacted postal code]), 5-2002 (67 FR [redacted postal code]), 5-2007 (72 FR [redacted postal code]), 4-2010 (75 FR [redacted postal code]), or 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), as applicable, and 29 CFR Part 1911. ## §1910.132 General requirements. - (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. - (d) Hazard assessment and equipment selection. (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: - (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; - (ii) Communicate selection decisions to each affected employee; and, - (iii) Select PPE that properly fits each affected employee. NOTE: N…

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Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division Oregon Administrative Rules Division 2 ## Appendix B to Subdivision I - Nonmandatory Compliance Guidelines for Hazard Assessment and Personal Protective Equipment Selection This appendix is intended to provide compliance assistance for employers and employees in implementing requirements for a hazard assessment and the selection of personal protective equipment. - 1. Controlling hazards. PPE devices alone should not be relied on to provide protection against hazards, but should be used in conjunction with guards, engineering controls, and sound manufacturing practices. - 2. Assessment and selection. It is necessary to consider certain general guidelines for assessing the foot, head, eye and face, and hand hazard situations that exist in an occupational or educational operation or process, and to match the protective devices to the particular hazard. It should be the responsibility of the safety officer to exercise common sense and appropriate expertise to accomplish these tasks. - 3. Assessment guidelines. In order to assess the need for PPE the following steps should be taken: - a. Survey. Conduct a walk-through survey of the areas in question. The purpose of the survey is to identify sources of hazards to workers and co-workers. Consideration should be given to the basic hazard categories: - (a) Impact - (b) Penetration - (c) Compression (roll-over) - (d) Chemical - (e) Heat - (f) Harmful dust - (g) Light (optical) radiation - b. Sources. During the walk-through survey the safety officer should observe: - (a) Sources of motion; i.e., machinery or processes where any movement of tools, machine elements or particles could exist, or movement of personnel that could result in collision with stationary objects; - (b) Sources of high temperatures that could result in burns, eye injury or ignition of protective equipment, etc.; - (c) Types of chemical exposures; - (d) Sources of harmful dust;

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## 29 CFR 1910 (OSHA) - (5) The employer must pay for replacement PPE, except when the employee has lost or intentionally damaged the PPE. - (6) Where an employee provides adequate protective equipment he or she owns pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section, the employer may allow the employee to use it and is not required to reimburse the employee for that equipment. The employer shall not require an employee to provide or pay for his or her own PPE, unless the PPE is excepted by paragraphs (h)(2) through (h)(5) of this section. - (7) This paragraph (h) shall become effective on February 13, 2008. Employers must implement the PPE payment requirements no later than May 15, 2008. NOTE TO §1910.132(H): When the provisions of another OSHA standard specify whether or not the employer must pay for specific equipment, the payment provisions of that standard shall prevail. [39 FR [redacted postal code], June 27, 1974, as amended at 59 FR [redacted postal code], Apr. 6, 1994; 59 FR [redacted postal code], July 1, 1994; 72 FR [redacted postal code], Nov. 15, 2007; 76 FR [redacted postal code], June 8, 2011] ## §1910.133 Eye and face protection. - (a) General requirements. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation. - (2) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses eye protection that provides side protection when there is a hazard from flying objects. Detachable side protectors (e.g. clip-on or slide-on side shields) meeting the pertinent requirements of this section are acceptable. - (3) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee who wears prescription lenses while engaged in operations that involve eye hazards wears eye protection that incorporates the prescription in its design, or wears eye protection t…

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Division 2 AO 2-2023 Oregon Administrative Rules Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - (e) Sources of light radiation, i.e., welding, brazing, cutting, furnaces, heat treating, high intensity lights, etc; - (f) Sources of falling objects or potential for dropping objects; - (g) Sources of sharp objects which might pierce the feet or cut the hands; - (h) Sources of rolling or pinching objects which could crush the feet; - (i) Layout of workplace and location of co-workers; and - (j) Any electrical hazards. In addition, injury/accident data should be reviewed to help identify problem areas. - c. Organize data. Following the walk-through survey, it is necessary to organize the data and information for use in the assessment of hazards. The objective is to prepare for an analysis of the hazards in the environment to enable proper selection of protective equipment. - d. Analyze data. Having gathered and organized data on a workplace, an estimate of the potential for injuries should be made. Each of the basic hazards (paragraph 3.a) should be reviewed and a determination made as to the type, level of risk, and seriousness of potential injury from each of the hazards found in the area. The possibility of exposure to several hazards simultaneously should be considered. - 4. Selection guidelines. After completion of the procedures in paragraph 3, the general procedure for selection of protective equipment is to: a) Become familiar with the potential hazards and the type of protective equipment that is available, and what it can do; i.e., splash protection, impact protection, etc.; b) compare the hazards associated with the environment; i.e., impact velocities, masses, projectile shape, radiation intensities, with the capabilities of the available protective equipment; c) select the protective equipment which ensures a level of protection greater than the minimum required to protect employees from the hazards; and d) fit the user with the protective device and…