3.B: PPE Exercise - PPE and Health Hazards
Research Assignment
The following activity is intended as a research assignment. Students are required to either print the assignment and hand in or answer the questions as part of a online Learning Management System (LMS) activity. Some directions apply to handwritten responses. If a screen reader is used for accessibility this assignment is duplicated in the LMS.
Part 1
Answer the following questions from:
29 CFR 1926 Subpart E - "Personal Protective Equipment and Life Saving Equipment'
(Use the CFR 1926 book Subpart E to answer questions 1-8)
1. What section addresses "Occupational foot protection?"___________
2. What section addresses "Eye and face protection?"____________
3. What section addresses "Safety belts, lifelines, and lanyards?"_____________
List the CFR section number that is being violated in each of the following:
4. Using cotton balls for hearing protection.______________
5. Using a safety belt lanyard made of 1/2" nylon with a length that allows a fall of no more than 6 feet and has a nominal breaking strength of 3400 pounds.______________
Circle True or False:
6. Where employees provide their own protective equipment, the employee shall be responsible to assure its adequacy, including proper maintenance, and sanitation of such equipment.
a. True b. False
7. According to table E-l, a number 3 type eye protection device is one of the recommended protectors for protection against flying metal chips from machining operations.
a. True b. False
8. Helmets for the head protection of employees exposed to high voltage electrical shock and burns shall meet the specifications contained in American National Standards Institute, Z87.1-1968.
a. True b. False
Part 2
Answer questions 9-23 from: OSHA 3151-12R 2003 - "Personal Protective Equipment" (Using a computer, this document can be found at http://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3151.pdf )
1. In general, employers are responsible for performing a"______" " _____ " of the workplace to identify and control physical and health hazards.
List the ANSI document numbers for the following PPE:
2. Eye and Face Protection:______________
3. Head Protection:______________
4. Foot Protection:______________
Training Employees in the Proper Use of PPE - Employers are required to train each employee who must use PPE. Employees must be trained to know at least the following:
13._________________
14._________________
15._________________
16._________________
17._________________
18. According to Table 2, if you are performing shielded arc-welding using 1/4" diameter electrodes, you should have eye protection on with a shade number rating of
________.
19. Hard hats are divided into_____industrial classes. Class _____hard hats provide lightweight comfort and impact protection but offer no protection from electrical hazards.
Name three factors that may influence the selection of protective gloves needed for a workplace hazard:
20. _______________
21. _______________
22. _______________
23. If a noise level reaches 115 dB hearing protection is required if the anticipated exposure exceeds______minutes.