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Carol Walker New Mexico Occupational Health and Safety Bureau (NM OSHA)

Carol Walker New Mexico Occupational Health and Safety Bureau (NM OSHA). Head Protection. Establishing a PPE Program Cont. Employers must implement a PPE program where they : Assess the workplace for hazards

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Carol Walker New Mexico Occupational Health and Safety Bureau (NM OSHA)

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  1. Carol Walker New Mexico Occupational Health and Safety Bureau (NM OSHA)

  2. Head Protection

  3. Establishing a PPE Program Cont. • Employers must implement a PPE program where they: • Assess the workplace for hazards • Use engineering and work practice controls to eliminate or reduce hazards before using PPE • Select and provide appropriate PPE at no cost* to employees to protect them from hazards that cannot be eliminated • Inform employees why the PPE is necessary and when it must be worn • Train employees how to use and care for their PPE and how to recognize deterioration and failure • Require employees to wear selected PPE in the workplace*See 72 FR 64341, Nov. 5, 2007 for exceptions

  4. Establishing a PPE Program • Sets out procedures for selecting, providing and using PPE as part of an employer’s routine operation • First -- assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of PPE • Once the proper PPE has been selected, the employer must provide training to each employee who is required to use PPE

  5. Assessment • Falling objects • Bumping head against fixed objects, such as exposed pipes or beams • Contact with exposed electrical conductors

  6. Assessment 29 CFR 1926.100(b) states: Helmets for the protection of employees against impact….. Shall meet the specification contained in ANSI, Z89.1-2009 Safety Requirements for Industrial Head Protection

  7. Assessment • Class G (formerly Class A) • General service (e.g., mining, building construction, shipbuilding, lumbering, and manufacturing) - Good impact protection but limited voltage protection • Class E (formerly Class B) • Electrical work - Protect against falling objects, high-voltage shock/burns • Class C • Designed for comfort, offer limited protection - Protects heads that may bump against fixed objects, but do not protect against falling objects or electrical shock

  8. Assessment Size Adjustable headbands Slots for earmuffs Safety glasses Face shields Lights Brims to protect from sun Channels to guide rainwater away from face

  9. Assessment

  10. Training • Employees required to use PPE must be trained to know at least the following: • When PPE is necessary • What type of PPE is necessary • How to properly put on, take off, adjust, and wear • Limitations of the PPE • Proper care, maintenance, useful life and disposal

  11. Training Daily Inspections should include: • Hard hat shell • Suspension system • Holes, cracks, tears, or other damage • Fading

  12. Training Head protection is not required when there is no possibility of impact, falling objects, flying objects or from electrical shock or burns …. However, employers are not prohibited from adopting more stringent requirements.

  13. Assistance • www.osha.gov • NM OSHA Compliance Assistance Specialists Carol Walker – (505) 222-9505 Melissa Barker – (505) 222-9595 • NM OSHA Consultation Harry Buysse – (505) 476-8720

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