Improtance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) are that things we wear to protect us from our job hazards. These includes:


- Overall; this is worn on our body to protect our body from all kind of hazard
- Hand gloves; these are worn on the hands to perform jobs.This protects our fingers and hands from bruises that could arise from the kind of job we do
- Safety boots; these are worn on our feet when working on sites. This protects our feet from nails, falling tools that could bruise the feet
- Hard hat; this is worn on the head to protect the head from falling objects
- Welding goggle; this is worn on the face to protect the eyes from rays, sparks and flying metals during any welding activities
- Nose muff; this is used to cover the nose from dust
- Ear muff; this is used to cover the ear from noise greater that 90dB.


There is always a danger in the work we do, but in order to minimise the extent of the hazard, it is important to wear our Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs). Do you put on your PPEs?