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Personal Protective Equipment
Published in John F. Rekus, Complete Confined Spaces Handbook, 2018
Hard hats are intended primarily to protect workers’ heads from impact and penetration by small falling objects such as hand-tools, debris, and loose parts that may accidentally fall into a space; however, they also provide limited protection against splashes by hazardous liquids and contact with electrically energized conductors. Hard hats also protect workers’ heads from burnps on overhangs, pipes, ducts, steam lines and cables that may be present in the space. Consequently, protective headwear should be worn whenever a potential for head injury exists.
Root Cause Analysis – Job (Organizational, Engineering, or Workplace) Factors
Published in Ron C. McKinnon, A Practical Guide to Effective Workplace Accident Investigation, 2022
At a large industrial complex that involved smelting and casting operations as well as electricity generation, it was found that all 3,000 employees in the plant were wearing bump caps as head protection. Bump caps are not a protection for falling objects and are only intended for use where workers are in small or confined spaces, and where workers may bump their heads. Proper hard hats are worn to protect against objects and tools, which may fall from a height and cause head injury.
Worker heat stress prevention and work metabolism estimation: comparing two assessment methods of the heart rate thermal component
Published in Ergonomics, 2019
Philippe-Antoine Dubé, Daniel Imbeau, Denise Dubeau, Isabelle Auger
Work activities were monitored throughout the work shift. Workers’ apparels were noted and changes in clothing monitored throughout the day. Brush cutters wore their usual work clothing broadly consisting of chain saw operator pants (double-layered pants with thigh protection), t-shirt, long sleeve blouse, wool or cotton socks (often two pairs), brush cutter harness, gloves, safety rubber boots and hard hat equipped with a wire mesh face shield, while tree planters wore army pants or shorts with long underwear, long sleeve shirt, planting harness, gloves, safety boots and hard hat. Workers wore also rain gear or additional layers when needed. Clothing insulation was determined by summing the clothing insulation values (Icl) of the individual garments per ISO 9920 (2007).