Personal Protective Equipment contains details about types of Personal Protective Equipment Respirators & Non- respirators
It stands for personal protective equipments. It is the barrier between hazards and person.
It’s extensively used by the workers in any industry as protective measures against injury both fatal & non-fatal.
There are two types of PPEs-
1) Respirators
2) Non- respirators
Respirators are of three types-
I. Air purifying respirator
i. Particulate respirator/mechanical filter
ii. Chemical cartridge respirator
iii. Combination mechanical filter and chemical cartridge
iv. Gas mask
v. Powered air purifying respirator
II. Supplied air respirator
i. Self contend breathing apparatus (SCBA)
ii. Air line respirator
III. Combination of air purifying and supplied air respirator
Air line with an auxiliary air purifying attachment
Non- respirators are of seven types-
I. Head protection
a) Helmet
b) Hard hats
c) Caps
II. Ear protection
a) Ear muff
b) Ear plug
c) Ear canal
d) Cotton/ wool
III. Eye protection
a) Goggles ( different types)
b) Spectacles
IV. Face protection
a) Face shield
b) Face hood
c) Mess shield
d) Radiation shield
e) Clear face screen
V. Finger, hand and arm protection
a) Mittens- for fingers & thumbs
b) Gloves- for hand including fingers
c) Hand guard and hand pads