STATE PERSONNEL MANUAL Workplace Environment and Health Section 8, Page 4 April 1, 2006 Personal Protective Equipment
Introduction The North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 was enacted to assure so far as possible every working man and woman in the State of North Carolina safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources. North Carolina's Department of Labor (NCDOL) Occupational Safety and Health bill, which specifies all the occupational safety and health standards promulgated under the Federal Standard, Subpart-I-Personal Protective Equipment, was adopted in North Carolina effective November 1, 1994. General Requirements 1. Employer Provided Personal Protective Equipment It is the responsibility of the employer to provide, at no cost to the employee, all personal protective equipment required by the job that the employee does not wear off the jobsite or use off the job. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment (PPE) for ears, eyes, face, head and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, inspected and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact. 2. Employee-owned Personal Protective Equipment Employee-owned PPE - Where employees provide their own protective equipment, the employer shall assure its adequacy, including proper maintenance, and sanitation of such equipment. 3. Design All personal protective equipment shall be of safe design and constructed for the work to be performed as recognized in regulatory or industry standards.
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General Requirements (continued) 4. Special Conditions There are special conditions that apply to the purchase of the following equipment: (1) Eye Protection Safety Glasses with Side Shields � 100% State funded except that employees who wear prescription glasses shall pay for the cost of the examination. (2) Foot protection (a) Safety Footwear � State shall fund one pair per year, cost not to exceed dollar amount established biennially by the Office of State Budget and Management, which includes inflationary cost increase. Authorization for purchase required by employer management. Employee may purchase and be reimbursed by following State policy and agency procedures or the agency may supply safety footwear under rules of the Division of Purchase and contract. NOTE: Protective footwear purchased shall comply with ASTMF 2413 March 2005, "American Standard Test Method" for Personal Protective Footwear. (b) Rubber and Specialized Safety Boots � 100% State funded. 5. Hazard Assessment and Equipment Selection The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or likely to be present, and will necessitate the use of PPE. If such hazards are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall:
� Select and have each affected employee use the types of PPE that will protect the affected employee from the hazards identified in the hazard assessment; � Communicate selection decisions to each employee; and � Select PPE that properly fits each affected employee. The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated, the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed, the dates of the hazard assessment, and which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.
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General Requirements (continued) 6. Defective and Damaged Equipment Defective or damaged personal protective equipment shall not be used. It shall be tagged "DEFECTIVE DO NOT USE" or "DAMAGED UNSAFE DO NOT USE" and repaired to manufacturer specifications or disposed to prevent future use. 7. Training Before doing work that requires the use of PPE, employees must be trained. The employer shall provide training to each employee who is required to use PPE. Each employee shall be trained to know at least the following:
� � � � � when PPE is necessary, what type PPE is necessary, how to properly don, doff, adjust, and wear PPE, the limitations of the PPE, and the proper care, maintenance, useful life and disposal of the PPE. Each affected employee shall demonstrate an understanding of the training and the ability to use PPE properly, before being allowed to perform work requiring the use of PPE. When the employer has reason to believe that any affected employee who has already been trained does not have the understanding and skill required, the employer shall retrain each such employee. Circumstances where retraining is required, includes but are not limited to the following situations:
� changes in the workplace, rendering previous training obsolete; � changes in the type of PPE to be used, rendering previous training obsolete; and
� inadequacies in an affected employee's knowledge or use of assigned PPE indicate that the employee has not retained the requisite understanding or skill. The employer shall verify that each affected employee has received and understood the required training through a written certification that contains the name of each trained employee, the dates of training, and that identifies the subject of the certification.
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GENERAL PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT GUIDE
� � Reference: NCDOL Occupational Safety and Health Standards General Industry Subpart I Personal Protective Equipment 1910.132 General Requirements Construction Industry Subpart E Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment 1926.95 Criteria for Personal Protective Equipment Eye & Face PPE shall be distinctly marked to facilitate identification of the manufacturer. Safety eyewear must be determined as documented by the personal protective equipment hazard assessment for the employee's job. As required to protect employee from eye hazards, such as, optical radiation or glare when only frontal protection is required. Shaded or special purpose lenses may be required. 1. Eye & Face Protection Must comply with Current Standard ANSI Z87.1-2003 There are two categories of protection in this standard � Basic Impact and High Impact. High Impact recommended. Reference: NCDOL 1910.133 / 1926.102 a. **Safety Glasses 100% State Funded except that employees who wear prescription glasses pay for the cost of the examination. NOTE: All prescription safety glasses require side shields. b. **Safety Glasses with Side Shields �100% State Funded except that employees who wear prescription glasses pay for the cost of the examination. NOTE: All prescription safety glasses require side shields. c. Goggles / Cup Goggles - Direct Vent; Indirect Vent; No Vent Chemical/Dust Nuisance/Impact As required to protect employees from flying fragments, objects, large chips, particles, sand, dirt, etc. For severe exposure, add face-shield over safety glasses. As required to protect employees from impact, chemical splashes, mist, sprays or nuisance dust as documented by the personal protective equipment hazard assessment for the employees job. For severe exposure, add face-shield over goggles. As required to protect employees against eye hazards of welding, cutting, and brazing operations as documented by the personal protective equipment hazard assessment for the employees job. Welding Goggles / Welding Helmets � type and filter must be selected based on employee hazard assessment. Reference: NCDOL 1910.133 (a) (5) Equipment with filter lenses must have the shade number appropriate for the work being preformed for protection from injurious light radiation. � See Chart Filter Lenses for Protection Against Radiant Energy. e. Face-shield � type must be selected based on employee hazard assessment. d. As required to protect employee's eyes and face as documented by the personal protective equipment hazard assessment for the employees job. Continued on next page Revision No. 23 September 11, 2006 Personal Protective Equipment STATE PERSONNEL MANUAL Workplace Environment and Health Section 8, Page 8 April 1, 2006 Personal Protective Equipment, Continued
2. Respirators � Compliant with NCDOL Standards for respirators 1910.134 / 1910.139 / 1926.103, documentation must be met prior to assigning respirator to an employee. As required to protect employee following hazard assessment, engineering controls to reduce or eliminate the hazard and employee medical evaluation as required for use of respirator. Identify type of respirator as required to protect employee from airborne contaminants and conduct employee training and fit test as required. 3. Hand Protection Gloves � all types Reference: NCDOL 1910.137-138 / Glove Selection Chart Gloves and other protective equipment used for electrical protection must be clearly marked as to class 0,1,2,3,4, and nonozone resistant equipment other than matting shall be marked Type I. Ozone resistant equipment shall be marked Type II. Electrical Protective Equipment shall meet the (ASTM) D 120 Standard / International Standard 903,ITE-1988 for Rubber Insulating Gloves. As required to protect employee from cuts, lacerations, punctures, biological, chemical, electrical hazard(s), environmental, physical, or radiation hazard. 4. Head Protection / Hard Hat Liners NCDOL Standards 1910.135 / 1926.100 Reference: The current ANSI standard is ANSI Z89.1-2003 Type I � Protection from blows to the top of the head Type II � Protection from blows to the top and sides of the head Class E (Electrical) are tested to withstand 20,000 volts Class G (General) are tested to withstand 2,200 volts Class C (Conductive) Provide no electrical protection 5. Hearing Protection � Compliant with NCDOL OSH Standards for protection against Occupational Noise Exposure exceeding permissible limits found in 1910.95, 1926.52, and 1926.101. 6. Body / Extremities � Chemical Resistant, Electrical Protection, Leather or Other Flame-Resistant Materials. Gloves and other protective equipment used for electrical protection must be clearly marked as to class 0,1,2,3,4, and nonozone resistant equipment other than matting shall be marked Type I. Ozone resistant equipment shall be marked Type II. As required to protect employee's head against impact and falling or flying objects and /or electrical hazards as documented by the personal protective equipment hazard assessment for the employees job. Hard Hat Liners - As required to protect employee against cold weather if hardhat is worn. As required to protect employee against hearing loss due to noise as documented by the personal protective equipment hazard assessment for the employees' job. As required to protect employee from hazardous substances and / or exposure to electrical / heat / fire hazards as documented by the personal protective equipment hazard assessment for the employee's job. Continued on next page Revision No. 23 September 11, 2006 Personal Protective Equipment STATE PERSONNEL MANUAL Workplace Environment and Health Section 8, Page 9 April 1, 2006 Personal Protective Equipment, Continued
7. Body Protection Personal protective aprons, boot covers, (chain saw protective apparel) chaps, coats, pants, coveralls, suits and vests in a range of suitable materials and sizes providing employee required protection factor. Reference: Appropriate NCDOL Standard(s) 8. **Foot protection Safety Shoe a. State funds one pair per year, cost not to exceed dollar amount established biennially by the North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management, which includes inflationary cost increase. Authorization for Purchase required by employer management. Employee may purchase and be reimbursed by following State policy and agency procedures or the agency may supply safety footwear under the rules of the Division of Purchase and Contract. NOTE: Protective footwear purchased shall comply with ASTMF 2413 March 2005, "American Standard Test Method" for Personal Protective Footwear / NCDOL 1910.136 / 1926.96. b. Rubber and Specialized Safety Boots As required to keep employee's feet dry when employee routinely works in wet locations such as flooded ditches and to protect from electrical hazards and/or other biological, chemical, cut hazards requiring specialized safety boots as documented by the personal protective equipment hazard assessment for the employees job. As required to protect employees from falling while working at elevated (4 feet or greater for general industry, 6 feet or greater for construction) locations not protected by standard guardrails or safety nets or as required when working in confined spaces. As required to protect employees working over 6 feet or greater above ground or water surface where other protective devices are impractical and conventional fall protection system cannot practically be used. As required for employees working over or near water where the danger of drowning exists as documented by the personal protective equipment hazard assessment for the employee's job. As required by North Carolina Occupational Health and Safety Standards and as required by the "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices" (MUTCD). As required to protect employee against biological, radiation, physical, chemical or electrical hazards. Base selection on information as documented by the personal protective equipment hazard assessment for the employees' job. As required to protect employee working in areas where there is a danger of foot injuries due to falling or rolling objects or objects piercing the sole or where protection is needed against electrical hazards as documented by the personal protective equipment hazard assessment for the employees job. In general, does not apply to office employees. 9. Safety Harnesses and Life Lines Must meet current applicable NCDOL and ANSI Standards Reference: NCDOL Standards 1926.104 Safety belts, lifelines and lanyards 1926.105 Safety nets 10. Safety Nets - Fall Arrest Safety System Reference: NCDOL Standard 1926.104 Safety belts, lifelines and lanyards 1926.105 Safety nets 11. Personal Flotation Device (PDF) (Life Jacket Flotation vest) Reference: NCDOL 1926.106(a) US Coast Guard Approved Type III Life Vest or Buoyant Work Vest USCG Approved Type V. 12. Traffic High Visibility Safety Vest NOTE: Traffic High Visibility Safety Vest purchased shall comply with ANSI/ISEA 107-2004. Revision No. 23 September 11, 2006 Personal Protective Equipment