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[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1910.132]

[Page 416-417]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR

 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 

                                OF LABOR

 
PART 1910_OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS--Table of Contents

 
                 Subpart I_Personal Protective Equipment

 
Sec. 1910.132  General requirements.


    Authority: Sections 4, 6, and 8 of the Occupational Safety and 

Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, and 657); and Secretary of 

Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 

35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (62 FR 50017), or 5-

2002 (67 FR 65008), as applicable.

    Sections 1910.132, 1910.134, and 1910.138 of 29 CFR also issued 

under 29 CFR part 1911.

    Sections 1910.133, 1910.135, and 1910.136 of 29 CFR also issued 

under 29 CFR part 1911 and 5 U.S.C. 553.





    (a) Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective 

equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, 

respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be 

provided, used, 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.

    (b) Employee-owned equipment. Where employees provide their own 

protective equipment, the employer shall be responsible to assure its 

adequacy, including proper maintenance, and sanitation of such 

equipment.

    (c) Design. All personal protective equipment shall be of safe 

design and construction for the work to be performed.

    (d) Hazard assessment and equipment selection. (1) The employer 

shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are 

likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective 

equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present, or likely to be present, 

the employer shall:

    (i) 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;

    (ii) Communicate selection decisions to each affected employee; and,

    (iii) Select PPE that properly fits each affected employee.

    Note: Non-mandatory Appendix B contains an example of procedures 

that would comply with the requirement for a hazard assessment.

    (2) 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 date(s) of the hazard assessment; 

and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard 

assessment.

    (e) Defective and damaged equipment. Defective or damaged personal 

protective equipment shall not be used.

    (f) Training. (1) The employer shall provide training to each 

employee who is required by this section to use PPE. Each such employee 

shall be trained to know at least the following:

    (i) When PPE is necessary;

    (ii) What PPE is necessary;

    (iii) How to properly don, doff, adjust, and wear PPE;

    (iv) The limitations of the PPE; and,

    (v) The proper care, maintenance, useful life and disposal of the 

PPE.



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    (2) Each affected employee shall demonstrate an understanding of the 

training specified in paragraph (f)(1) of this section, and the ability 

to use PPE properly, before being allowed to perform work requiring the 

use of PPE.

    (3) When the employer has reason to believe that any affected 

employee who has already been trained does not have the understanding 

and skill required by paragraph (f)(2) of this section, the employer 

shall retrain each such employee. Circumstances where retraining is 

required include, but are not limited to, situations where:

    (i) Changes in the workplace render previous training obsolete; or

    (ii) Changes in the types of PPE to be used render previous training 

obsolete; or

    (iii) Inadequacies in an affected employee's knowledge or use of 

assigned PPE indicate that the employee has not retained the requisite 

understanding or skill.

    (4) 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 employee trained, the 

date(s) of training, and that identifies the subject of the 

certification.

    (g) Paragraphs (d) and (f) of this section apply only to Sec. Sec. 

1910.133, 1910.135, 1919.136, and 1910.138. Parpagraphs (d) and (f) of 

this section do not apply to Sec. Sec. 1910.134 and 1910.137.



[39 FR 23502, June 27, 1974, as amended at 59 FR 16334, Apr. 6, 1994; 59 

FR 33910, July 1, 1994]


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