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An ESS Department Monthly Safety Awareness Briefing

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

A 1568 painting depicting beekeepers in protective clothing

“Personal Protective

Equipment is self

defense.”

Author Unknown

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What is PPE

Personal protective equipment (PPE) refers to protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or infection. The hazards addressed by protective equipment include physical, electrical, heat, chemicals, biohazards, and airborne particulate matter. 

What is PPE ?

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How does PPE work ?

PPE imposes a barrier between the wearer/user and the working environment.

PPE has the serious limitation that it does not eliminate the hazard at source and may result in employees being exposed to the hazard if thePPE fails – chemical breakthrough, mechanicalfailures, breakage, wear & exceeding use lifeand improper selection of inadequate protection.

PPE can create additional strains on the wearer; impair their ability to carry out their work and create significant levels of discomfort. Any of these can discourage wearers from using PPE correctly, therefore placing them at risk of injury, ill-health or, under extreme circumstances, death.

Good ergonomic design and correct use of PPE can help to promote the effectiveness of PPE.

PPE has limitations

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What to do before you arrive at the need for PPE.

There are work practices – a Hazard Control Hierarchy - that should first be used to reduce workplace risk and, potentially, eliminate the need for PPE.

At the top of the hierarchy are (1) ELIMINATION and SUBSTITUTION, which remove the hazard entirely or replace the hazard with a safer alternative.

If elimination or substitution measures cannot apply, (2) ENGINEERING CONTROLS are to be used to design safer equipment, mechanisms and systems and provide a physical protection barrier between the potential hazard and the employee.

The next lower level of control involves (3) ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS which address implementation of human behaviors which may reduce an employees’ potential proximity or time of exposure to a potentially present hazard.

Use of (4) PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT ranks last on the hierarchy of controls, as the workers are regularly exposed to the hazard, with only the PPE providing a barrier of protection.

While personal protective equipment has tremendous utility, it is not the desired mechanism of control in terms of worker safety.

Before you choose PPE to protect you…

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PPE is needed when there are workplace hazards presentthat other control mechanisms are not fully addressing.

PPE is the LAST line of defense.

PPE – a potentially “thin candy shell” between you and a hazard.

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What are the Requirements for PPE at GTI ?

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT ESS Policy SAF-05

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) may be required, and must be provided, where risk of bodily injury, not mitigated by engineering controls or administrative controls, is present in the workplace.

PPE will be provided to protect all workers and/or visitors from bodily injury while at Grifols Therapeutics Inc. facilities.

Policy SAF-05 is supported by other Guidance Documents, Forms, Tables, etc. providing additional information – consult GTI ESS or the GTI ESS Portal site.

Grifols Therapeutics PPE requirements

7What to wear… when to wear it.

How do you know which PPE to wear… …and when to wear it ?

There are several ways this information is developed and communicated:

1. Specific Work Instructions – SOPs etc. provide instructions on what to wear & when to wear it. These documents may be Production guides on how to manufacture a product, Operating Manuals related to a specific item of equipment or may be documents such as Safety Data Sheets providing direction as to what PPE is required in handling a particular chemical substance.

2. Job Hazard Analyses – these come in different forms at GTI but they all identify workplace hazards and describe actions (Contols) to implement to reduce or eliminate workplace hazards – this can include use of specific Personal Protective Equipment.

Departmental SOPs

Remedy InteractiveJHA Software

GTI Safe WorkProcess

JHA Form

8Departmental Hazard Assessment to Identify Required PPE

3. GTI Departments are required to assess potential hazards and identify required PPE using this ESS Policy FORM.

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Department Specific ESS Procedures (RE: GTI ESS Policy SAF-02) provide information describing PPE required for activities conducted by a particular department.

A variety of Charts or Tables have been prepared by various departments identifying PPE requirements for...

Handling particular Chemicals

Operating particular Processes.

This information may also be displayed in work areas of affected departments.

PPE Requirement Charts

10Process for evaluating PPE requirements

PPE HAZARD ASSESSMENT INSTRUCTIONS STEP 1: Inform affected employees of the process: Review job procedures, potential hazards and PPE currently in use with affected employees. Step 2: Review data: Review prior work‐related injuries or illnesses, near‐miss events and reported safety concerns when assessing hazards. Step 3: Conduct a walk-through survey: Observe layout of the workplace, location of the employees, work operations, hazards and places and types of PPE is currently used .

Consideration should be given to the following basic hazard categories:

  

Step 4: Select PPE: After considering Engineering, Administrative or other controls, select the PPE which provides a level of protection required to protect employees from the hazards.   Step 5: Make document accessible: Once completed, make the information developed from the assessment easily accessible to employees and inspectors. Post it in work areas. Step 6: Revise protocols: Update departmental protocols with the new or modified PPE requirements as applicable. Step 7: Reassess the workplace periodically as necessary. Identify new equipment and processes, Incident/Injury Records and actual PPE use suitability and performance.

Impact (falling/flying objects) Dust/flying debris (grinding, chipping, sanding, etc.)

Compression (roll‐over or pinching objects) Fall (slip/trip, scaffolds, elevated work)

Penetration (sharp objects piercing foot/hand) Radiation (non‐ionizing: UV/IR/light, welding, brazing, cutting, furnaces, etc.)

Chemical exposure (inhalation, ingestion, skin contact, eye contact or injection)

Noise (mechanical rooms, machines, cage washing, jackhammers, etc.)

Temperature extremes (heat/cold) Electrical (shock, short circuit, arcing, static)

There is a Process to follow in evaluating PPE requirements:

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CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Foot Protection

Eye Protection

Face Protection

Hearing Protection

Head Protection

Hand Protection

Respiratory Protection

Body Protection

The following slides provide examples and GTI-specific requirements.

PPE MUST BE

Approved by your supervisor

Appropriate for the hazard

Clean and in good repair

Worn appropriately

Provided at NO cost to employees

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Foot Protection: Required to protect an employee’s feet when

there is a danger of foot injury from falling or rolling objects,

piercing the sole, electrical hazards and/or chemical

hazards.

Foot Protection

Types of Foot Protection Include:

“Steel-Toe” shoes. - Chemical-resistant shoe. - Slip-resistant shoes (labs)

Each GTI department has a shoe “standard”

An on-site Shoemobile has scheduled visits to Clayton.

Inspect shoes for wear/leaks.

Shoe construction/materials must be designed to address the hazard requirements of the environment in which they are used.

13Eye Protection

Eye Protection: Required to protect an employee’s eyes where there

is a danger of eye injury due to impact from flying objects or

chemical splashes

Types of Eye Protection Include:

Safety glasses w/side shields. - Safety/Chemical Goggles - Face Shields

GTI pays for Prescription Safety Glasses through Walmart Vision Centers

Safety “Glasses” only protect for “impact” not chemical splash or dust.

Goggles do not protect your face – just your eyes.

Eye protection must be designed to address the hazard requirements of the environment in which it is used.

14Face Protection

Face Protection: Required to protect an employee’s face where

there is a danger of injury due to impact from or chemical splashes

or other specific hazards.

Types of Face Protection Include:

Face Shields - Splash Shields - Welding Helmets

Face Shields are usually not “impact resistant” – safety glasses are needed.

Shields providing maximum coverage are preferred – e.g. under chin.

Light “medical splash” shields are only for minor bio-liquid splash hazards.

Face protection must be designed to address the hazard requirements of the environment in which it is used – angle of splash, type of hazard.

15Hearing Protection

Hearing Protection: Required to protect an employee’s hearing

when sound level monitoring exceeds established OSHA

Exposure Limits

Types of Hearing Protection Include:

Ear Muffs - Ear Plugs

Personnel routinely required to wear Hearing Protection must be enrolled in the company Hearing Conservation Program and be medically monitored.

Personnel wearing Hearing Protection must be instructed on the proper way to wear it – ear plugs in particular must be inserted properly to be effective.

Hearing protection must be designed to address the level of noise hazard present in the environment in which it is used.

16Head Protection

Head Protection: Required to protect an employee’s head where

there is a danger of head injury from impact and falling or flying objects.

Types of Head Protection Include:

Hard Hats - Bump Caps

Bump caps will only protect from minor head impact “bumps”.

Hard Hats have a finite lifespan and must be replaced if impacted/damaged.

Vented Hard Hats do not protect from chemical splash.

Head protection must be designed to address the hazard requirements of the environment in which it is used – impact, electrical, thermal.

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Hand Protection: Required to protect an employees hands

physical, biological, chemical, radiation, or electrical hazards.

Hand Protection

Types of Hand Protection Include:

Cut Resistant - Chemical Resistant - Thermal - AntiVibrationPuncture Resistant - Biological Resistant – Cryogenic

Gloves generally only slow down the hazard from reaching your hand.

Care must be used in understanding the limitations of the gloves chosen.

No one glove is resistant to all hazards.

Glove protection must be designed to address the specific hazard requirements of the environment in which they are used.

18Respiratory Protection

Respiratory Protection: Required to protect

employees from airborne contaminants

Types of Respiratory Protection Include:

FullFace - HalfFace - Cartridge - Fabric Masks – PAPRs - SCBAs

Respirator usage is part of a comprehensive respiratory protection program.

Medical evaluation, training and fit testing is required for respirator users.

Dust Masks provide minimal protection and are not for chemical safety use.

Respiratory protection must be designed to address the hazard requirements of the environment in which it is used – type of hazard, duration of exposure.

19Body Protection

Body Protection: Required to protect potentially exposed

portions of an employees body from physical, biological,

chemical, radiation, or electrical hazards.

Types of Body Protection Include:

Gowning - Overalls - Bibs - Sleeves - Suits - Head Covers

All areas potentially exposed to a hazard should be covered.

If damaged, worn or exposed to the hazard – coverings are to be discarded.

Body protection must be designed to address the hazard requirements of the environment in which it is used.

20 Final Words

The effectiveness of PPE is only as good as its proper…

selection to match the hazard use and maintenance continuous monitoring of performance

Employees using PPE have a responsibility to…

attempt to find better means of removing or mitigating the hazard. carefully select, maintain and monitor PPE used consistently wear it every time its use is required

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Even celebrities

wear PPE.