Maintaining safety in the workplace is essential to provide a safe work environment, and keep you and your team safe. Dangerous job sites, such as construction and engineering, require that personal protective equipment, like safety helmets and safety gloves, must always be worn to avoid accidents.
Part of keeping your employees safe means inspecting and replacing any damaged equipment, including PPE. All PPE must be worn correctly and replaced regularly. There are many factors to consider when inspecting damaged personal protective equipment and replacing it. It can be dangerous to wait too long before replacing PPE because, if the equipment fails, then accidents and injuries may happen.
To avoid failing PPE at work you must establish inspection timelines and protocols within the workplace. Such as assigning responsible people for inspecting equipment and immediately removing and replacing any equipment with an issue. For this reason, it helps to always have extra PPE on hand at work.
Examples of what to look for when inspecting PPE include rips, tears, holes, or other visible damage, disintegrating material, missing parts or components and failing locks or straps. You should also check for a manufacturer’s expiration date.
Make sure your employees are aware of required and necessary PPE and always inspect it at the beginning of each shift. Refer to HSE and Government guidelines and ensure that your employees know exactly what the guidelines are and that they must be met at all times. These guidelines can be included in your PPE inspection and replacement requirements. Any affected PPE should always be replaced.
At Work & Wear Direct we stock a range of PPE, including items such as safety helmets, gloves, ear defenders, eye protection and high-visibility clothing. All of our PPE products are high quality and are CE marked in accordance with the Personal Protective Equipment Regulations of 2002.
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