Kesava Pillai
252

Friends,
Kindly list all the uses of personal protective equipment.
Also confirm whether personal protective equipment is used to prevent accident or not. If a ppe can prevent any type of accident mention examples too pl.
Regards,
Kesava Pillai

From India, Kollam
dipil
713

@ Kesava Pillai
Good topic again... Thanks in advance...
In my opinion PPE is the last defence/means of protection... PPE individually can't do much more help in accident prevention... But definitly by providing quality PPE the workers will mentally feel safe and by that the, work itself will get safe, faster and the result is high production...
With regards,
Dipil Kumar V

From India
Kesava Pillai
252

Dear Dipil,
We have to make certain not just an opinion. Safety people are to advise employees and management whether certain method, equipment or plant is safe or not for sure. In most cases safety has to say yes it is safe to work in this condition.
Kindly address all the uses of ppe too.
Regards,
Kesava Pillai

From India, Kollam
dipil
713

Dear Sir

Its not just an opinion, we can't relay only on PPE's only. Its the last defence. Its the secondory protection means.

As a primory protection means we should go for good working platform, engineering controls, ect.

Use of PPE's... Say first of all it will increese the confidence of the worker... And job specific PPE's are very much required for almost all the jobs...

Like Safety Googles for Cutting, Grinding, Welding, Chipping Works... Its really need for that work... Or else one's eye may get damage...

Hand Gloves : Very much required for Material Handling, Hot Works, Etc.

Safety Footwear: A compulsory basic PPE for Industries who is having concern about safety. Also a standard one can give specific protection to specific hazards.

Safety Helmet: Same as a compulsory basic PPE for Industries who is having concern about safety.

Safety Harness: Compulsory for above 02.00m height works. ETC...

Hope my idea about PPE's is somewhat clear... Hope this discussion can make it more clear...

With regards,

Dipil

From India
Kesava Pillai
252

Dear Friends,
I seek definite answers to the two questions :
1. List the uses of ppe?
2. Do ppe prevent accidents? If so; name the ppe that prevents accidents and
the type of accident it prevents.
Regards,
Kesava Pillai

From India, Kollam
hansa vyas
198

Dear sir,
PPe is last line of defence. They cant prevent accidents but can protect u from some accident.
i would like to share a ppt on PPE which will give the list & its uses.
Hope u all will like it.
Regards,
hansa

From India, Udaipur
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File Type: ppt PPE__-NSC[1].PPT (476.5 KB, 1067 views)

Kesava Pillai
252

Dear Hansa,
Thank you for your response and the ppt.
From the ppt one question! Is there any air purifing respirator for H2S ? It is mentioned so in the presentation. If available I would like to know which country succeeded in making one and how many minutes it can be used and at what concentration.
Your answer "they can't prevent accident" is well accepted. The rest "but can protect you from some accident" is unwarrented. It gives an indication that you are still in doubt.
The first question still remains unanswered. Kindly make an attempt to answer that too pl.
Regards,
Kesava Pillai
Seco

From India, Kollam
hansa vyas
198

Dear sir,
There is a company "3M" which is supplying air purifing respirator.We r using it for SO2 & Ammonia. i will let u know the contact no. so that u can have full details regarding the same.
Regards,
Hansa

From India, Udaipur
Kesava Pillai
252

Dear Hanza Vyas,
Thank you for the post. You need not bother. For H2S - escape only type airpurifying respirators are available. That too is not dependable. As such there is no air purifying respirator for H2s to my knowledge.
I recently had a bitter experience with ARAMCO. Saudi Arabia. In their DHT project on excavating, H2S started filling up the area. Reading was quite high. Aramco insisted that up to 50 ppm workers can work with cartridge type respirator and work need not be suspended. I had to openly shout at them that I will not be a party to kill workers and the type is not designed for H2S. Finally they agreed with me and heavy mechanicl ventilation was used to clear the area before permit was issued.
Regards,
Kesava Pillai

From India, Kollam
dipil
713

Dear Sir
As per your last post, you have mentioned the excavation with H2S generation. As a precautiong you have gone for the heavy mechanicl ventilation.
Even after you provide the ventilation, if still the H2S conc. found more than 50ppm, whats the next option? Shall we give up the job as there is no suitable PPE? Whats the best engineering controls if found H2S in any deep excavations than PPE?
With reagrds.
Dipil

From India
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