Write a toolbox talk on PPE in construction, subcontractor branded high vis

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MIOSHA Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration ## Special points of interest: • Wear Hard Hats, Safety Glasses, and Work Boots on job sites. • Use face shields and goggles when safety glasses are not enough • Wear safety toe foot- wear when feet can be crushed by heavy objects # Tool Box Talk Personal Protective Equipment MIOSHA Construction Safety Standard Part 6. Personal Protective Equipment Employer: Shall provide, at no expense to the employee, the initial issue of personal protective equipment (PPE) and replacement equipment necessary due to reasonable wear and tear required, unless specifically indicated otherwise or other employer/employee agreement specifically requires employees to provide such equipment. Employee: An employee shall wear PPE when prescribed by the MIOSHA rules. ## Head protection (Hard Hat): . Class A hard hat shall be used where a hazard from falling or flying objects or particles or from other harmful contacts or exposures may be present • physically altered, painted, or damaged hard hats shall not be worn • Wear hard hat brim forward • Do not ware baseball hats underneath ## Eye and face protection: - Z87.1 safety glasses shall be used where a hazard exists from flying objects or particles, harmful contacts, such as when using power tools, hammers, and working over head. • An employee who needs corrective lenses where eye protection is required shall be protected by 1 of the following: (a) Spectacles whose protective lenses provide optical correction. (b) Goggles that can be worn over the corrective lenses without disturbing the adjustment of the spectacles. - Use goggles when working around dust, chemicals - Use face shields to protect face from particles, chemicals Face shields do not protect eyes from flying object high impacts, must use Z87.1 safety glasses underneath ## Foot protection: • Employee Provided / Employer must require • ANSI Z41-1999 or ASTM 2412 & 2413 certified footwear mu…

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# PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT Date Posted: 09/03/2016 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is gear that can be worn to help minimize or eliminate injury. It can be worn to help prevent sudden injuries or injuries occur over time. It is very important the user understands the intended purpose of the PPE and verifies that it fits properly. that ## When to Wear PPE • Before you resort to PPE, you should first: • Use administrative controls • Implement Engineering Controls • Use local exhaust or general ventilation vs. a respirator • Control dust with a wet process vs. dry • Install sound reducing devices to mechanical equipment • When these other two means of protection are exhausted you then will need to select the appropriate PPE. - Often times PPE will be used in conjunction with administrative and engineering controls for added protection. ## BASIC TYPES OF PPE Head: Hard hat, welders cap Hearing: Earmuffs, ear plugs or canal caps Face/Eye: Safety glasses, face shield, safety goggles. Hand: Gloves for general use, chemical use, electrical work or hot work. Body: Chaps, leathers, coveralls Foot Protection: Leather boots, Safety toe/steel toe boots Personal Protective Equipment is gear that is worn to help minimize or eliminate injury. It is very important the user understands the intended purpose of the PPE, verifies that the PPE fits properly and is adequate for the work to be performed. Remember: PPE is the last line of defense against a hazard. LEARN MORE ## QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION • Does the PPE you wear to perform your work fit properly and is it in good working condition? What can be done in your work area to improve the use of PPE? • What improvements can be made to reduce the need for PPE? ## PRESENTER TIPS • Pre-read the Toolbox Talk. Your comfort level and confidence will be higher if you know your topic. Discuss related tasks, work areas or events that make the Toolbox Talk relevant to your job site. • Involve the workers …

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(4) Employees must comply with job safety practices and proce- dures and PPE requirements that are relevant to the job site. (5) High visibility garments. (a) During daylight hours, when employees' duties are performed in close proximity to moving vehicles, you must make sure that employ- ees wear a high-visibility safety vest, shirt, or jacket that is fluo- rescent yellow-green, fluorescent orange-red, or fluorescent red in color. This garment must always be worn as an outer garment. ## Definition: - For the purpose of this rule, hours of darkness means from one- half hour before sunset to one-half hour after sunrise. (b) During hours of darkness, when employees' duties are per- formed in close proximity to moving vehicles, you must make sure that employees wear, at a minimum, a high-visibility safety vest, shirt, or jacket: • Designed according to ANSI/ISEA 107-1999 Class 2 specifica- tions; - Worn as an outer garment; • - AND Note: - Worn to provide 360 degrees of visibility around the employee. A high-visibility garment meets Class 2 specifications if the garment: • Has an ANSI "Class 2" label; OR • Has at least 775 square inches of background material and 201 square inches of retroflective material that encircles the torso and is placed to provide 360 degrees of visibility around the employee. • Fading and soiling may degrade the high-visibility characteristics of the garments. ANSI/ISEA 107-1999 is available by: Purchasing copies of ANSI/ISEA 107-1999 by writing: -American National Standards Institute [redacted street address] New York, NY [redacted postal code] OR - Contacting the ANSI website at http://web.ansi.org/. OR Note: • Reading a copy of ANSI/ISEA 107-1999 at any Washington state library. (6) Payment for PPE. Except as provided in (a) through (e) of this subsection, the protective equipment, including PPE, used to com- ply with this chapter must be provided by the employer at no cost to employees. (a) You are not required to pay fo…

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# THE ABCS OF CONSTRUCTION SITE SAFETY (cont.) ## Safety meetings must include discussions of: (cont.) THE ABCS OF CONSTRUCTION SITE SAFETY Personal protective equipment (PPE) ## Personal protective equipment – Division 3, Subdivision E, [redacted phone] The employer is responsible for requiring employees to wear appropriate PPE in all operations where there is an exposure to hazards or where this requirement indicates the need for using such equipment. ## Personal protective and life saving equipment - Division 3, Subdivision E This rule covers requirements for the use, selection, and maintenance of PPE and lifesaving equipment, including: - Payment for protective equipment, [redacted phone](4) • Head protection, [redacted phone](9) - Eye and face protection, [redacted phone](8) • Respiratory protection, 1926.103 • Working over or near water, 1926.106 • Foot protection, [redacted phone](10) ## Head protection - Division 3, Subdivision E, [redacted phone](9) • Employees working in areas where there is a danger of head injury from impact, falling or flying objects, or electrical shock and burns must be protected by hard hats. • Hard hats must meet the specifications contained in American National Standards Institute, Z89.1, Safety Requirements for Industrial Head Protection. ## High-visibility garments - Division 3, Subdivision E, 437-003- 0134(7) Employees, other than flaggers, exposed to hazards caused by on-highway type moving vehicles in construction zones and highway traffic must wear highly visible upper body garments. Oregon OSHA rules require that the colors of the vest (specified as strong red, orange, yellow, yellow-green, or 38

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# HIGH VISIBILITY CLOTHING FOR HEAVY & HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (cont.) ## OSHA (cont.) SLOW 20-901 am Class I Vest: Not acceptable for road construction work. Class II Vest: Most commonly used in road construction. Class III Ensemble: For low-light and high-hazard conditions # HIGH VISIBILITY CLOTHING DEFINED High visibility garments can be defined as clothing designed to make the wearer more visible-particularly to vehicular traf- fic-and contain design properties making the wearer discernible against their work environment. They are considered personal protective equipment (PPE) in the work environment. High visibility clothing will carry an ANSI/ISEA label explaining garment charac- teristics including the name, trademark, or other means of identify- ing the manufacturer or authorized representative; a designation of the product type or commercial name; the number of this specific ANSI/ISEA standard (ANSI/ISEA 107); a pictogram showing the garment Class and Level of performance for the retroreflective material, and care labeling. High visibility garments generally have two design criteria: back- ground fabric and retroreflective tape. The garment is composed primarily of a high-quality fluorescent fabric in colors including fluorescent yellow/green, fluorescent orange-red and fluorescent red. Retroreflective tape is added to areas such as the arms, torso and waist so as to identify the wearer as a "person" as opposed to a traffic control device such as a drum or sign. The fluorescent fabric is used to make the wearer more visible in daylight hours, particularly in twilight conditions. The retroreflective tape makes the wearer more visible at night and during low- light conditions as the tape reflects back light from motorists' headlights. While vests are convenient, recent research has concluded that garments with high visibility material on the ends of the limbs are the most effective way to enhance nighttime conspicuity. In the United States, most gove…