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Equipment used by individual workers used to keep workers in high-risk jobs safer. They can include extra clothing with specific safety features, boots, high socks, glasses, gloves, face masks, hair wear, etc.

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Long Term Safety Solutions: How New Equipment Can Boost Profit for a Company

There have been some recent trends in new pieces of personal protective equipment, or PPE. For example, equipment is becoming more personalized and comfortable. New respiratory devices are being produced that allow users to have facial hair, and equipment is becoming more lightweight and breathable. In addition, there is a lot of exciting news regarding future breakthroughs in PPE in the next couple of years. One potential breakthrough will be the use of “smart” equipment that can monitor the body for temperature, fatigue, and different chemical levels in the body. These are just a few examples of long term terms safety solutions in the workplace.

 

PPE is the main protection separating people and dangerous working conditions. As equipment gets better, workers will be able to withstand tougher conditions while being more protected than in the past. These advancements don’t just help workers though. A business will run much more efficiently through the use of advanced equipment. Workers will be less affected by outside elements and can focus more intently on the job at hand. With fewer costs associated with worker injuries from poor equipment, a company will additionally profit more from better equipment. 

 

There are a few main impacts of advanced protective equipment. To start, using this equipment in real scenarios will allow more data to be acquired which will further improve the equipment. Next, companies should have fewer claims filed for worker’s comp with improved equipment. Since the equipment is better and more personalized, employees should be injured less on the job. Fewer injuries mean fewer payouts to employees and decreased future insurance premiums. This relates back with increased efficiency to result in more profit for companies that are willing to invest in this new equipment. It may seem like investing in new technology comes with a hefty cost, but in the long run, the choice to use better protective equipment will yield more profit and safer employees.

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Supervisors And Personal Protective Equipment

Supervisors are one of the most important components to a tight workers compensation program. If a hazard is reported in the workplace, it is the supervisor’s job to rectify it and do everything possible to protect his/her workers.

Hazards exist in every workplace in many different forms. For example, sharp edges, falling objects, flying sparks, chemicals, noise and a myriad of other potentially dangerous situations. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires that employers protect their employees from workplace hazards that can cause injury.

Controlling a hazard at its source is the best way to protect employees. Depending on the hazard, supervisors should use engineering or work practice controls first to manage or eliminate hazards to the greatest extent possible. For example, building a barrier between the hazard and the employees is an engineering control; changing the way in which employees perform their work is a work practice control.

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