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Personal Protective Equipment



HAND HAZARDS
Hazard Category-Task/Action Hazard Source PPE Required
CHEMICALS
  • Chemical handling operations that may result in skin exposure

  • Cleaning with chemicals

  • Chemical spill clean up
  • Disposable gloves: vinyl, nitrile, latex, polyethylene

  • Reusable: butyl, rubber, neoprene, PVA (wash after each use)
HEAT
  • Working around hot materials or flames

  • Welding
  • Kevlar, Zetex
COLD
  • Handling materials at extremely low temperatures
  • Cryogenic
CUTS, ABRASIONS, OR PUNCTURES
  • Material handing

  • Glass handling

  • Sheet metal operations

  • Work that involves knives or razor blades
  • Leather, metal mesh, Kevlar, combination fabric and metal
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