Personal Protective Equipment

From crushing machines and toxic fumes to chemical burns and electrical shocks, there are a number of different ways you can hurt yourself on the job. However, both the number and severity of these injuries is greatly reduced simply by wearing the right PPE.

PPE, or Personal Protective Equipment, is anything you wear to prevent or reduce injury; for example, hardhats, work gloves, steel-toed boots, and respirators are all types of PPE. Learn about the various kinds of PPE as well as how to use them in this online video training; utilize this material and minimize the risks you face on the job.

Without PPE, your job would be significantly more dangerous. The risk of serious harm would be higher, as would the risk of death. This is why PPE is so important. Yet it does not stop with simply knowing what PPE to wear, because if it is incorrectly worn it no longer fully protects you.

This On Demand video teaches you how to select and properly wear your personal protective equipment; when you follow the safety steps and PPE instructions given here, you help reduce your chance of getting injured on the job.

   This course is in the Video On Demand format, to read about Video On Demand features click here.

All workers

• Introduction
• General Requirements
• Eye & Face Protection
• Respiratory Protection
• Head Protection
• Occupational Foot Protection
• Electrical Protective Devices
• Hand Protection
• Review

• Preventing Head Injuries: To The Point
• PPE Wear it for You
• PPE: Your Last Layer Of Protection - Concise Version