Checklist
 

 

See Appendix C.

See Appendices A, B and G to help guide you.
See Appendix G for assistance.

To help you make sure that you don't miss anything in your PPE procedures we have compiled the following checklist. Whilst it is by no means exhaustive it does take you through the process stage by stage so that you can quickly see where you might need to do more.
Assess the risk
1 Appoint a person or persons to take responsibility for the PPE programme.

2 Carry out a full assessment of all the hazards, and the risks arising from those hazards, in your workplace. Check through your accident records to see if there are any previously identified hazards.

3 Make sure you are clear about which legal regulations apply to each risk, and what those regulations demand of you.

4 Use the assessment to work out which primary safeguards you can install to minimise each risk without resorting to PPE.

5 Agree these proposed safeguards with your enforcement officer.

Provide the right PPE.


6 Now work out what your PPE needs are in the light of these safeguards.

7 Decide which PPE you will need for each risk, and check which EN or BS EN standard(s) each item must comply with.

8 Make sure that the various items of PPE you are obtaining are compatible with each other and with
any existing PPE.

9 Check that all the PPE will fit each wearer/user properly and comfortably, and work out how you are going to achieve this for visitors as well.

10 Make sure all the PPE carries the relevant CE mark, standard and a specification label.

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