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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
1. PPE Identification
• You are given a series of pictures showing workers
wearing various PPE.
• Study each picture thoroughly.
• List all the PPE that you can identify.
• Suggest what hazard each PPE is protecting the
worker against.
• Discuss how each PPE work to protect the worker.
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Identify and List all the PPE in the Pictures
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Figure 1.1: A lab tech pours a very toxic and
corrosive liquid. To protect himself he wears a
number of PPE.
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Identify and List all the PPE in the Pictures
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Figure 1.2: A biologist is working with a
very dangerous chemicals. The chemicals
are known to be corrosive, reactive and
can change to vapor easily. He wears the
PPE as shown.
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Identify and List all the PPE in the Pictures
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Figure 1.3: A chemist is working with
chemicals that are very toxic, corrosive,
and reactive. Also, when they react, they
produce heat. She therefore wears the
PPE in the picture.
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Personal Protective Equipment Suggestions
2. PPE Suggestions
• Your are a Lab Safety Manager.
• You are given a series of pictures showing different
hazardous situations.
• Suggest the best PPE, from the choices given, that
would be required to prevent, eliminate or reduce
injury to workers.
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Choose the Best PPE
Answer
Figure 2.1: Workers evacuating a room on
fire. There is a lot of smoke and fumes in
the air.
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Choose the Best PPE
Answer
Figure 2.2: A safety sign warning workers that the
chemical is corrosive (damages the skin upon
contact).
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Choose the Best PPE
Answer
Figure 2.3: A safety placard warning worker
that a laser is in use and special eye protection
is required.
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Choose the Best PPE
Answer
Figure 2.4: A cartoon of a
worker putting out a fire with
an extinguisher.
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Choose the Best PPE
Answer
Figure 2.5: A safety sign warning that hazards
such as dust or vapor present and that the
worker need to wear respiratory protection.
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Choose the Best PPE
Answer
Figure 2.6: A cartoon representation of type
of chemicals (corrosive, toxic, poisonous and
reactive) that are in use in the workplace.
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Choose the Best PPE
Answer
Figure 2.7: A worker washes his eye at an
Eye-wash Station after come chemical he
was pouring splashed into his eye. What
should he have worn to prevent this?
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Choose the Best PPE
Answer
Figure 2.8: A safety warning sign
indicating that there is the risk of
respiratory hazards in the area.
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