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L.S. 646.13 Regolamenti dwar Rekwiżiti Minimi għall-Użu ta' Tagħmir Protettiv Personali fuq ix-Xogħol Dawn ir-regolamenti ġew trasferiti taħt il-Kap.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK [ S.L.646.13 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 646.13 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK REGULATIONS 16th May, 2003 LEGAL NOTICE 121 of 2003, as amended by Legal Notice 3 of 2022 and Act XXXIII of

  1. Part I - General Provisions
  2. The title of these regulations is the Minimum Requirements for the use of Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations.
  3. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires: "Act" means the Health and Safety at Work Act; Title. Interpretation. Amended by: XXXIII.
  4. First Schedule. Cap.
  5. "Authority" means the Occupational Health and Safety Authority established by virtue of article 8 of the Act; "personal protective equipment" means, without prejudice to the provisions of the Personal Protective Equipment Regulations, all equipment designed to be worn or held by the worker to protect him against one or more hazards likely to endanger his health and safety at work, and any addition or accessory designed to meet this objective, excluding: - ordinary working clothes and uniforms not specifically designed to protect the health and safety of the worker; - equipment used by emergency and rescue services; - personal protective equipment for means of road transport; - sports equipment; - self-defence or deterrent equipment; and - portable devices for detecting and signalling risks and nuisances; S.L. 427.38 "Workers’ Health and Safety Representative" and "Representative'' mean a person, elected, chosen or designated, as prescribed in regulations, to represent workers on all matters relating to the promotion and protection of their health or safety at work.
  6. These regulations shall be without prejudice to the provisions of the Personal Protective Equipment Regulations. Personal Protective Equipment Regulations. S.L. 427.38
  7. Personal protective equipment shall be used when the risks cannot be avoided or sufficiently limited by technical means of collective protection or by measures, methods or procedures of work organisation, or as otherwise required by article 12

(2)of the Act. General rule. Amended by: XXXIII.
  1. First Schedule. 2 [ S.L.646.13 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK Part II - Employers’ Obbligations Compliance with the Personal Protective Equipment Regulations. S.L. 427.
  3. It shall be the duty of the employer to ensure that, where applicable, all personal protective equipment shall comply with the p r o v i s i o n s sp e c i f i e d i n t he P e r s o n a l P r o t e c t i ve E q u i p m e n t Regulations. Several items of personal protective equipment.
  4. Where the presence of more than one risk makes it necessary for a worker to wear simultaneously more than one item of personal protective equipment, the employer shall ensure that such equipment is compatible and continues to be effective against the risk or risks in question. Employer to determine condition of use.
  5. The employer shall determine the conditions of use of personal protective equipment, particularly the period for which it is worn, on the basis of the seriousness of the risk, the frequency of exposure to the risk, the characteristics of the workstation of each worker and the performance of the personal protective equipment. Equipment worn by one or more persons.
  6. If the circumstances require personal protective equipment to be worn by more than one person, the employer shall take all the appropriate measures to ensure that such use does not create any health or hygiene problem for the different users. Provision of adequate information.
  7. The employer shall provide at the workplace adequate information comprehensible to all workers regarding each item of personal protective equipment required under regulations 6 and
  8. Equipment to be provided free of charge. 10.
(1)Personal protective equipment shall be provided free of charge by the employer.
(2)An employer shall ensure that the equipment is in good working order and satisfactory hygienic condition by means of the necessary maintenance, repair and replacements. Duty to inform worker of risks prevented.
  1. Before any worker makes use of personal protective equipment, the employer shall inform him of the risks against which it protects him. Training and demonstrations.
  2. An employer shall arrange for training and shall, if necessary, organize demonstrations in the wearing and proper use of personal protective equipment. Equipment to be used as specified, instructions. 13.
(1)Saving exceptional circumstances, personal protective equipm en t shall on ly be used f or the purposes specified in accordance with the instructions given to workers by an employer.
(2)Duty of employer to assess equipment. Such instructions shall be understandable to the workers. 14.
(1)Before choosing personal protective equipment, the employer shall assess whether the personal protective equipment he intends to use satisfies the requirements of regulations 6 and 7.
(2)Such assessments shall include: (
  1. a)an analysis and assessment of risks which cannot be avoided by other means; (
  2. b)the definition of the characteristics which personal protective equipment must have in order to be effective against the risks referred to in paragraph (a), MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK [ S.L.646.13 3 taking into account any risks which this equipment itself may create; (
  3. c)comparison of the characteristics of the personal protective equipment available with the characteristic referred to in paragraph (b).
(3)Any assessment shall be reviewed if any changes are made to any of its elements. 15.
(1)In determining the situations and circumstances when personal protective equipment is to be provided to workers, as well as the nature and type of personal protective equipment to be provided, an employer shall be guided by the results of the risk assessments carried out by virtue of regulation 14, as well as by the Annexes attached to these regulations, which shall constitute rules for the use of personal protective equipment, and rules covering cases and situations where the employer shall provide personal protective equipment. Rules for use.
(2)These rules shall be without prejudice to the priority to be given to collective means of protection and where the use of personal protective equipment is necessary.
(3)An employer shall also refer to any significant changes to the risk, to the collective means of protection and to personal protective equipment brought about by technological developments. 16. Without prejudice to article 12
(3)of the Act, an employer shall inform workers and, or their representatives of all measures to be taken with regards to the health and safety of workers when personal protective equipment is used by workers at work. Information for workers. Amended by: XXXIII.2024. First Schedule. 17.
(1)A Workers’ Health and Safety Representative shall be consulted in the manner specified in article 12
(4)of the Act, and in the General Provisions for Health and Safety at Work Places Regulations. Consultation with Workers’ Health and Safety Representative. S.L. 646.11 Amended by: XXXIII.2024. First Schedule.
(2)A Workers’ Health and Safety Representative shall have the right to ask the employer to take appropriate measures and to submit proposals to him to that end to mitigate hazards for workers and, or remove sources of danger.
(3)A Workers’ Health and Safety Representative shall not be placed at a disadvantage owing to his activities.
  1. In any proceedings for an offence under these regulations consisting of a failure to comply with a duty or requirement to do something so far as is practicable or so far as is reasonably practicable, or to use the best practicable means to do something, it shall be for the accused to prove, as the case may be, that it was not practicable or not reasonably practicable to do more than was in fact done to satisfy the duty or requirement, or that there was no better practicable means than was in fact used to satisfy the duty or requirement. Onus of proof.
  2. Any person who knowingly or recklessly interferes with the process of providing a safe and healthy place of work shall be Offences. 4 [ S.L.646.13 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK guilty of an offence. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK Substituted by: L.N. 3 of
  3. [ S.L.646.13 5 ANNEX I RISKS IN RELATION TO THE BODY PARTS TO BE PROTECTED BY PPE (*) (*) This list of risks/parts of the body cannot be expected to be exhaustive. The risk assessment will determine the need to provide a PPE and its characteristics according to the provisions of these Regulations. RISKS – PHYSICAL MECHANICAL
  4. Impact caused by falling or ejected objects, collision with an obstacle and highpressure jets.
  5. Falls due to slipping.
  6. Falls from a height.
  7. Vibration.
  8. Static compression of parts of the body.
  9. Mechanical injuries (abrasion, perforation, cuts, bites, wounds or stabs).
  10. Entanglement and trapping. NOISE
  11. Noise THERMAL
  12. Heat and/or fire.
  13. Cold. ELECTRICAL
  14. Electric shock (Direct or indirect contact).
  15. Static electricity. RADIATION
  16. Non-ionizing (Including sunlight (other than direct observation)).
  17. Ionizing. 6 [ S.L.646.13 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK RISKS (CHEMICAL (INCLUDING NANOMATERIAL)) AEROSOLS
  18. Solid (Dusts, fumes, smokes and fibres).
  19. Liquid (Mists and fogs). LIQUIDS
  20. Immersion.
  21. Splashes, sprays and jets. GASES ANDVAPOURS
  22. Gases and vapours. RISKS (BIOLOGICAL AGENTS (CONTAINED IN)) AEROSOLS
  23. Solids and liquids. LIQUIDS
  24. Direct and indirect contact.
  25. Splashes, sprays and jets. MATERIALS, PERSONS, ANIMALS, ETC
  26. Direct and indirect contact. OTHER RISKS DROWNING
  27. Drowning. OXYGEN DEFICIENCY
  28. Oxygen deficiency. NON-VISIBILITY
  29. Non-visibility. PARTS OF THE BODY TO BE PROTECTED
  30. Head (Cranium / Whole head).
  31. Ears. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK
  32. Eyes.
  33. Face.
  34. Respiratory system.
  35. Hands.
  36. Arms (parts).
  37. Foot.
  38. Legs (parts).
  39. Skin.
  40. Trunk/Abdomen.
  41. Partial body.
  42. Whole body. [ S.L.646.13 ANNEX II NON-EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF TYPES OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT WITH REGARD TO THE RISKS THEY PROVIDE PROTECTION AGAINST Substituted by: L.N. 3 of
  43. Equipment for HEAD PROTECTION - Helmets and/or caps/balaclavas/headgears against: - Impacts caused by falling or ejected object - Collision with an obstacle - Mechanical risks (perforation, abrasion) - Static compression (lateral crushing) - Thermal risks (fire, heat, cold, hot solids including molten metals) - Electric shock and live working - Chemical risks - Non-ionizing radiation (UV, IR, solar or welding radiation)# 7 8 - [ S.L.646.13 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK Hairnets against risk of entanglement Equipment for HEARING PROTECTION - Earmuffs (including e.g. earmuffs attached to a helmet, active noise reduction earmuffs, earmuffs with electrical audio input) - Earplugs (including e.g. level-dependent earplugs, earplugs adapted to the individual) Equipment for EYE AND FACE PROTECTION - Spectacles, goggles and face shields (prescription lenses where appropriate) against: - Mechanical risks - Thermal risks - Non-ionizing radiation (UV, IR, solar or welding radiation) - Ionizing radiation - Solid aerosols and liquids of chemical and biological agents Equipment for RESPIRATORY PROTECTION - Filtering devices against: - Particles - Gases - Particles and gases - Solid and/or liquid aerosols - Insulating devices, including with an air supply - Self-rescue devices - Diving equipment Equipment for HAND AND ARM PROTECTION - Gloves (including mittens and arm protection) against: - Mechanical risks - Thermal risks (heat, flame and cold) - Electric shock and live working (antistatic, conductive, insulating) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK - [ S.L.646.13 - Chemical risks - Biological agents - Ionizing radiation and radioactive contamination - Non-ionizing radiation (UV, IR, solar or welding radiation) - Vibration risks 9 Finger stalls Equipment for FOOT AND LEG PROTECTION and anti-slip protection - Footwear (e.g. shoes, including in certain circumstances clogs, boots that may have steel toe-caps) to protect against: - Mechanical risks - Slipping risks - Thermal risks (heat, flame and cold) - Electric shock and live working (antistatic, conductive, insulating) - Chemicals risks - Vibration risks - Biological risks - Removable instep protectors against mechanical risks - Kneepads against mechanical risks - Gaiters against mechanical, thermal and chemical risks and biological agents - Accessories (e.g. spikes, crampons) SKIN PROTECTION -BARRIER CREAMS* - There could be barrier creams to protect against: * - Non ionizing radiation (UV, IR, solar or welding radiation) - Ionizing radiation In certain circumstances, as a result of the risk assessment, barrier creams could be used together with other PPE with the aim of protecting workers’ skin from related risks. Barrier creams are PPE under the scope of Directive 89/656/EEC as this type of equipment can be considered in certain circumstances as “additional or accessory” within the meaning of Article 2 of Directive 89/656/EEC. However, barrier creams are not PPE according to the definition in Article 3
(1)of Regulation (EU) 2016/
  1. 10 [ S.L.646.13 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK - Chemicals - Biological agents - Thermal risks (heat, flame and cold) Equipment for BODY PROTECTION/OTHER SKIN PROTECTION - Personal protective equipment for protection against falls from a height, such as retractable type fall arresters, full body harnesses, sit harnesses, belts for work positioning and restraint and work positioning lanyards, energy absorbers, guidedtype fall arresters including an anchor line, rope adjustment devices, anchor devices that are not designed to be permanently fixed and that do not require fastening works before use, connectors, lanyards, rescue harness - Protective clothing, including whole body (i.e. suits, overalls) protection and partial body (i.e. gaiters, trousers, jackets, waistcoats, aprons, kneepads, hoods, balaclavas) protection against: - Mechanical risks - Thermal risks (heat, flame and cold) - Chemicals - Biological agents - Ionizing radiation and radioactive contamination - Non-ionizing radiation (UV, IR, solar or welding radiation) - Electric shock and live working (antistatic, conductive, insulating) - Entanglement and trapping - Lifejackets for prevention of drowning and buoyancy aids - PPE for signalling the user’s presence visually MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK Substituted by: L.N. 3 of
  2. [ S.L.646.13 11 ANNEX III NON-EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF ACTIVITIES AND SECTORS OF ACTIVITY WHICH MAY REQUIRE THE PROVISION OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (*) *The risk assessment will determine the need to provide PPE and its characteristics according to the provisions of these regulations. PHYSICAL RISKS – PHYSICAL (MECHANICAL) Risks Impact caused by falling or ejected objects, collission with an obstacle and high-pressure jets Body part affected Type of PPE Cranium Protective helmet Examples of activities where the use of the corresponding typeof Industry and Sectors PPE may be necessary (*) - Work on, underneath - Building construction. or in the vicinity of - Civil engineering scaffolding and construction. elevated workplaces. - Carcase Work and road work. - Formwork's erection and stripping. - Scaffolding's assembly and installation. - Assembly and installation works. - Demolitions. - Blasting works. - Machinery manufacturing, installation and maintenance. - Shipbuilding. - Mining works. - Energy production. - Infrastructure construction and maintenance. - Iron and Steel industry. - Work in pits, trenches, - Slaughterhouses. shafts and tunnels. - Railway shunting work. - Harbours, transport and logistics - Forest Industry 12 [ S.L.646.13 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK - Work in the vicinity of lifts, lifting gear, cranes, and conveyors. - Works in underground workings, quarries, open diggings. - Work with industrial furnaces, containers, machinery, silos, bunkers and pipelines. - Slaughtering and Cutting line at slaughterhouses. - Load handling or transport and storage. - Forest work. - Work on steel bridges, steel building construction, steel hydraulic structures, blast furnaces, steel works and rolling mills, large containers, large pipelines, boiler plants and power stations. - Earth and rock works. - Work with boltdriving tools. - Work with blast furnaces, direct reduction plants, steelworks, rolling mills, metalworks, forging, drop forging and casting. - Work involving travelling on bicycles and mechanically propelled bikes. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK Impact caused by falling or ejected objects, collission with an obstacle and high-pressure jets [ S.L.646.13 13 Eyes and/or face - Welding, grinding and - Building construction. Spectacles, goggles separating work. - Civil engineering and face shields - Manual hammering. construction. - Caulking and chiselling. - Rock working and processing. - Work with boltdriving tools. - Work on stock removing machines for small chippings - Drop forging. - The removal and breaking up of fragments. - Spraying of abrasive substances. - Machinery manufacturing, installation and maintenance. - Shipbuilding. - Mining works. - Energy production. - Infrastructure construction and maintenance. - Iron and steel industries. - Metal and wood industries. - Stone carving. - Use of brush cutter or - Gardening. chainsaw. - Dental and surgical procedures. - Healthcare. - Forestry. 14 [ S.L.646.13 Impact caused by falling or ejected objects, collission with an obstacle and high-pressure jets MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK Foot and leg (parts) - - Carcase Work and - Building construction. Footwear (shoes/ road work. - Civil engineering boots, etc.) with safety or protective toecap - Erection and stripping construction. Footwear with of formwork. - Machinery metatarsal protection - Scaffolding's manufacturing, assembly and installation and installation. maintenance. - Demolitions. - Shipbuilding. - Blasting works. - Mining works. - Working and processing of rock. - Energy production. - Slaughtering and Cutting line works. - Infrastructure construction and maintenance. - Transport and storage. - Iron and Steel industry. - Work with moulds in the ceramics industry. - Slaughterhouses. - Work with frozen meat blocks and preserved foods packaging. - Logistic Companies. - Manufacturing Industry. - Glass Industry. - Flat glass products and container - Forest Industry glassware, manufacture, working and processing. - Conversion and maintenance work. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK - Forest works. - Work with concrete and prefabricated parts involving formwork erection and stripping. - Work in contractors’ yards and warehouses. - Roof work. - Work on steel bridges, steel building construction, masts, towers, lifts, steel hydraulic structures, blast furnaces, steelworks and rolling mills, large containers, large pipelines, cranes, boiler plants and power stations. - Furnace construction, heating and ventilation installation and metal assembly work. - Work with blast furnaces, direct reduction plants, steelworks, rolling mills, metal works, forging, drop forging, hot pressing and drawing plants. - Work in quarries and open diggings, coal stock removal. - Work with moulds in the ceramics industry. - Lining of kilns in the ceramics industry. - Railway shunting work. [ S.L.646.13 15 16 [ S.L.646.13 Falls due to slipping MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK Foot Slip-resistant footwear - Works on slippery surfaces. - Works on humidity environments. - Building construction. - Civil engineering construction. - Shipbuilding. - Slaughterhouse. - Cleaning. - Food industries. - Gardening. Falls from a height Whole body PPE - Work on scaffolding. designed to prevent or arrest falls from - Assembly of prefabricated parts. height. - Fishing industry. - Building construction. - Civil engineering construction. - Works on masts. - Shipbuilding. - Roof work. - Infrastructure maintenance. - Work on vertical or slope surfaces. - Work in high crane cabs. - Work in high cabs of warehouse stacking and retrieval equipment. - Work in high sections of drilling towers. Vibration Hands Protective Gloves - Work in shafts and sewers. - Works with handguided tools - Manufacturing industries. - Building work. Static compression of Knee (leg parts) parts of the body Kneepads - Civil Engineering work. - Installation of blocks, - Building construction. tiles and pavers on the - Civil engineering floor. construction. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK Foot Footwear with toecaps [ S.L.646.13 17 - Demolition. - Building construction. - Load handling. - Civil engineering construction. - Transport and storage. Mechanical injuries (abrasion, perforation, cuts, bites, wounds or stabs) - Maintenance. Eyes and/or face - Works with hand- Building construction. Spectacles, goggles, guided tools. - Civil engineering face shields - Welding and forging. construction. - Grinding and separating work. - Chiselling. - Rock working and processing. Mechanical injuries (abrasion, perforation, cuts, bites, wounds or stabs) - Shipbuilding. - Mining works. - Energy production. - Infrastructure maintenance. - Work on stock removing machines for small chippings. - Iron and Steel industries. - Drop forging. - Metal and Wood industries. - The removal and breaking up of fragments. - Stone carving. - Spraying of abrasive substances. - Forestry. - Use of brush cutter or chainsaw. Hands - Works with steel Mechanical protective framework. gloves - Handling of sharpedged objects, other than machines where there is a danger of the gloves being caught. - Gardening. - Building construction. - Civil engineering construction. - Shipbuilding. - Infrastructure maintenance. - Regular cutting using - Manufacturing industries. a hand knife for production and - Food industry. slaughtering. - Changing the knives of cutting machines. - Forest works. - Gardening work. - Slaughter. - Forest industry. 18 [ S.L.646.13 Mechanical injuries (abrasion, perforation, cuts, bites, wounds or stabs) Mechanical injuries (abrasion, perforation, cuts, bites, wounds or stabs) Mechanical injuries (abrasion, perforation, cuts, bites, wounds or stabs) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK Forearms Arm protection - Boning and cutting. - Slaughter. Trunk / Abdomen / Leg - Regular cutting using Protective apron, a hand knife for gaiters Penetration production and resistance trousers slaughtering. (cut-resistant - Forest works. trousers) Foot - Carcase works and Penetration resistance road works. footwear - Demolition. - Formwork’s erection and stripping. - Forest works. Entaglement and trapping - Food industry. - Food industry. - Slaughter. - Forest industry. - Building construction. - Civil engineering construction. - Shipbuilding. - Mining works. - Forest industry. Whole body - Entangle oneself in - Machine building. Protective clothing parts of machines. - Manufacture of heavy for use where there is a risk of entaglement - Get caught in parts of duty machines. machines. with moving parts. - Engineering. - Get caught with - Construction. garment in parts of machines. - Agriculture. - Get swept away. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK [ S.L.646.13 PHYSICAL RISKS – PHYSICAL (NOISE) Risks Noise Examples of activities where the Body part affected use of the Industry and Sectors Type of PPE corresponding type of PPE may be necessary Ears - Work with metal - Metal industry. Hearing protectors presses. - Manufacturing - Work with industry pneumatic drills. - Building - The work of ground construction. staff at airports. - Civil engineering - Works with power construction. tools. - Aeronautical - Blasting works. industry. - Pile-driving work. - Mining works. - Wood and textile working. PHYSICAL RISKS – PHYSICAL (THERMAL) Risks Heat and/or fire Heat and/or fire Examples of activities where the use of the Body part affected Industry and Sectors Type of PPE corresponding type of PPE may be necessary Work in presence of - Iron and Steel Face / Whole head high temperatures, industry. Welding headradiating heat or fire. shields, helmets/caps - Metal industry. against heat or fire, - Work with or in the - Maintenance vicinity of molten protective hoods services. substances. against heat and/or - Work with welding - Manufacturing flame industry. plastic guns. Trunk / abdoment / legs Protective apron, gaiters - Welding and forging. - Iron and Steel industry. - Casting. - Metal industry. - Maintenance services. - Manufacturing industry. 19 20 [ S.L.646.13 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK Heat and/or fire Hand Protective gloves against heat and/or flame Heat and/or fire Forearms Sleeves - Welding and forging. - Iron and Steel industry. - Work in presence of high temperarures, - Metal industry. radiating heat or fire. - Maintenance - Work with or in the services. vicinity of molten - Manufacturing substances. industry. - Welding and - Iron and Steel forging. industry. - Work with or in the vicinity of molten substances. Heat and/or fire - Metal industry. - Maintenance services. - Manufacturing industry. Foot - Work with nor in the - Iron and Steel Footwear against vicinity of molten industry. heat and/or flame substances. - Metal industry. - Maintenance services. Heat and/or fire Cold - Manufacturing industry. Whole / partial body - Work in presence of - Iron and Steel Protective clothing high temperatures, industry. against healt and/or radiating heat or fire. - Metal industry. flame - Work in the open air - Forest industry. Hand in extreme cold Protective gloves conditions. - Building against cold - Work in deep-freeze construction. Foot rooms. - Civil engineering Footwear against construction. Work with cryogenic cold liquids. - Shipbuilding. - Mining works. - Food industry. - Agriculture and fisheries sector. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK Cold [ S.L.646.13 Whole / partial body - Work in the open air - Building including head in cold weather construction. Protective clothing conditions. - Civil engineering against cold - Work in deep-freeze construction. rooms. - Shipbuilding. - Mining works. - Food industry. - Agriculture and fisheries sector. - Transport and storage PHYSICAL RISKS – PHYSICAL (ELECTRICAL) Examples of activities where the Body part affected use of the Risks Industry and Sectors Type of PPE corresponding type of PPE may be necessary Electric shock Whole head - Live working or - Energy production. (direct or indirect Electrically close to live parts - Transmission and contact) insulating helmets under electrical distribution of tension. electrical energy. Hands - Work on electrical Electrically - Industrial facilities system maintenance. insulating gloves Foot Electrically insulating footwear Whole body / Hands / Foot Conductive PPE intended to be worn by skilled persons during live working at a nominal power system voltage up to 800kV AC and 600kV DC - Building construction. - Civil engineering construction. 21 22 [ S.L.646.13 Static electricity MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK Hands Antistatic gloves - Handling plastic and - Manufacturing rubber. industry. Foot - Pouring, collecting Antistatic/ or loading into a conductive footwear container. Whole body Antistatic clothing - Work near to highly charged elements such as conveyor belts. - Feed industry. - Bagging and packing plants. - Production, storage or transport of explosives. - Handling explosives. PHYSICAL RISKS – PHYSICAL (RADIATION) Examples of activities where the Body part affected use of the Risks Industry and Sectors Type of PPE corresponding type of PPE may be necessary Non-ionizing Head - Work with open air. - Fishing and radiation, including Caps and helmets Agriculture. sunlight (other than - Building direct observation) construction. Non-ionizing Eyes - Work with radiant radiation, including Protective heat. sunlight (other than spectacles, goggles - Furnace operations. direct observation) and face shields - Work with laser. - Work in open air. - Welding and gas cutting. - Glass bowing. - Germicidial lamps. - Civil engineering construction. - Iron and Steel industries. - Manufacturing industry. - Fishing and Agriculture. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK [ S.L.646.13 Non-ionizing Whole body (skin) - Work in the open air. - Building radiation, including PPE against natural construction. - Electrical welding. sunlight (other than and artificial UV - Civil engineering direct observation) - Germicidal lamps. construction. - Xenon lamps. - Shipbuilding. - Mining works. - Energy production. - Infrastructure maintenance. - Fishing and Agriculture. - Forest industry. - Gardening. - Food industry. - Plastic industry. - Printing industry. - Healthcare. Ionizing radiation Eyes - Operating in X-ray Protective spectacles facilities. - Veterinary care. / goggles against - Operating in the ionizing radiation - Radioactive waste areas of medical plant. Hands radio diagnosis. Protective gloves - Energy production. - Work with against ionizing radioactive products. radiation Ionizing radiation Trunk / abdomen / - Operating in X-ray partial body facilities. Protective apron against x-rays / Coat - Operating in the / Vest / Skirt against areas of medical radio diagnosis. x-rays - Healthcare. - Veterinary care. - Dental care. - Urology. - Surgery. - Interventional radiology. - Laboratories. 23 24 [ S.L.646.13 Ionizing radiation MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK Head Headwear & Caps PPE for protection against e.g. development of brain tumours - Medical X-ray work - Healthcare. places and facilities. - Veterinary care. - Dental care. - Urology. - Surgery. Ionizing radiation Ionizing radiation - Interventional radiology. - Healthcare. Partial body - Operating in X-ray PPE for thyroid facilities. - Veterinary care. protection PPE for - Operating in the gonads protection areas of medical diagnosis. Whole body - Operating in the area - Energy production. Protective clothing of medical radio - Radioactive waste against ionizing diagnosis. plant. radiation - Work with radioactive products. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK [ S.L.646.13 CHEMICAL RISKS (INCLUDING NANOMATERIAL) – CHEMICAL AEROSOLS Examples of activities where the Body part affected use of the Risks Industry and Sectors Type of PPE corresponding type of PPE may be necessary - Demolition. Solid (dusts, fumes, Respiratory system - Building smokes, fibres, and Respiratory construction. protective devices - Blasting works. nanomaterial) - Civil engineering against particles - Sanding and construction. Polishing of surfaces. - Shipbuilding. - Work in presence of - Mining works. asbestos. - Iron and Steel - Use of materials industries. consisting of/ - Metal and Wood containing industries. nanoparticles. - Welding. - Automotive industry. - Chimney sweeper. - Stone carving. - Work on the lining of - Pharmaceuticals industry. furnaces and ladles where there may be - Healthcare services. dust. - Work in the vicinity - Preparation of of blast furnace taps cytostatics. where there may be heavy metal fumes. - Work in the vicinity of the blast furnace charge. Solid (dusts, fumes, Hands - Work in presence of - Building smokes, fibres, and Chemical Protective asbestos. construction. nanomaterial) gloves and barrier - Civil engineering cream as an - Use of materials construction. additional/ accessory consisting of/ containing protection - Shipbuilding. nanoparticles. - Industrial facilities maintenance. 25 26 [ S.L.646.13 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK Solid (dusts, fumes, Whole body -Demolition. - Building smokes, fibres, and Protective clothing construction. nanomaterial) against solid - Work in presence of asbestos. - Civil engineering particles. construction. - Use of materials consisting of / - Shipbuilding. containing - Industrial facilities nonparticles. maintenance. - Chimney sweeper. - Agriculture. - Reparation of plant protection products. Solid (dusts, fumes, Eyes - Wood-working. - Mining industry. smokes, fibres, and Spectacles / goggles - Road work. - Metal and wood nanomaterial) and face shields industry. Liquid fogs) Liquid fogs) (mists (mists and Respiratory system - Surface treatment Respiratory (e.g. varnishing / protective devices painting, abrasive against particles blasting). - Surface cleaning. - Surface treatment. and Hands Chemical protective - Surface cleaning. gloves - Work with liquid sprays. - Civil engineering construction. - Metal industry. - Manufacturing industry. - Automative sector. - Metal industry. - Manufacturing inddustry. - Automotive sector. - Work with acids and caustic solutions, disinfectants and corrosive cleaning substances. - Surface treatment. - Metal industry. Liquid (mists and Whole body fogs) Chemical protective - Surface cleaning. clothing - Manufacturing industry. - Automotive sector. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK Immersion Hands - Work with liquid Splashes, sprays and Chemical protective sprays. jets gloves - Work with acids and caustic solutions, disinfectants and corrossive cleaning products. [ S.L.646.13 - Textile and clothing industry. - Cleaning industry. - Automobile industry. - Beauty and hairdressing sectors. - Processing of coating materials. - Tanning. - Work in hairdressers and beauty salons. Immersion Forearms - Works with acids and - Cleaning Splashes, sprays and Chemical protective caustic solutions, - Chemical industry jets sleeves disinfectants and corrosive cleaning - Cleaning industry. products. - Automobile industry. Immersion Foot - Work with liquid - Textile and clothing Splashes, sprays and Chemical protective sprays. industry. jets boots - Works with acids and - Cleaning industry. caustic solutions, - Automobile industry. disinfectants and corrosive cleaning products. Immersion Whole body - Work with liquid - Cleaning Splashes, sprays and Chemical protective sprays. - Cleaning industry. jets clothing - Works with acids and - Chemical industry. caustic solutions, disinfectants and corrossive cleaning - Automobile industry. products. - Agriculture. 27 28 [ S.L.646.13 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK CHEMICAL RISKS (INCLUDING NANOMATERIAL) – CHEMICAL – GASES AND VAPOURS Risks Gases and vapours Examples of activities where the Body part affected use of the Industry and Sectors Type of PPE corresponding type of PPE may be necessary Respiratory system - Surface treatment - Metal industry. Respiratory (e.g. varnishing / - Automotive sector. protective devices painting, abrasive against gases blasting). - Manufacturing industry. - Surface cleaning. - Work in fermentation - Cleaning industry. and distilling rooms. - Alcoholic drinks production. - Work inside tanks and digesters. - Wastewater treatment plants. - Work in containers, restricted areas and gas fired industrial - Waste treatment furnaces where there plant. may be gas or - Chemical industry. insufficient oxygen. - Chimney sweeper. - Petrochemical - Disinfectants and corrosive cleaning substances. - Work in the vicinity of gas converters and blast furnace gas pipes. industry. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK Gases and vapours Hands - Surface treatment. Chemical protective - Surface cleaning. gloves [ S.L.646.13 - Metal industry. - Automotive sector. - Work in fermentation - Manufacturing and distilling rooms. industry. - Work inside tanks and digesters. - Alcoholic drinks production. - Work in containers, - Wastewaters restricted areas and treatment plants. gas fired industrial furnaces where there - Waste treatment plant. may be gas or insufficient oxygen. - Chemical industry. Gases and vapours - Spray painting. Eyes Spectacles, goggles - Woodworking. and face shields - Mining operations. - Petrochemical industry. - Automotive sector. - Manufacturing industry. - Mine industry. - Chemical industry. - Petrochemical industry. 29 30 [ S.L.646.13 Gases and vapours MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK Whole body Chemical protective Clothing - Surface treatment - Metal industry - Surface cleaning - Automotive sector - Work in fermentation and distilling rooms - Manufacturing in dustry - Alcoholic drinks production - Wastewater treatment plants - Waste treatment plant - Chemical Industry - Petrochemical industry - Work inside tanks and digesters - Work in containers, restricted areas and gas-fired industrial furnaces where there may be gas or insufficient oxygen MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK [ S.L.646.13 BIOLOGICAL AGENTS (CONTAINED IN) - AEROSOLS Risks Solids and liquids Examples of activities where the Body part affected use of the Industry and Sectors Type of PPE corresponding type of PPE may be necessary Respiratory system - Work that involve - Healthcare. Respiratory contact with human - Veterinary clinics. protective devices body and animal against particles fluids and tissues. - Clinical analysis - Work in presence of laboratories. biological agent. - Research laboratories. - Retirement homes. - Homes assistances. - Wastewater treatment plants. - Waste treatment plant. - Food industry. Solids and liquids Hands Protective gloves against microorganisms Whole / partial body Protective clothing against biological agents Eyes and/or face Protective spectacles, goggles and face shields. - Work that involve contact with human body and animal fluids and tissues. - Biochemical production. - Healthcare. - Veterinary clinics. - Clinical analysis - Work in presence of labortories. biological agent. - Research laboratories. - Retirement homes. - Homes assistances. - Wastewater treatment plants. - Waste treatment plant. - Food industry. 31 32 [ S.L.646.13 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK BIOLOGICAL AGENTS (CONTAINED IN) - LIQUIDS Risks Direct and indirect contact Body part affected Type of PPE Hands Protective gloves against microorganisms Whole/partial body Protective clothing against biological agents Eyes and/or face Protective goggles and face shields Examples of activities where the use of the corresponding type of PPE may be necessary - Work that involve contact with human body and animal fluids and tissues (bites, stings). Industry and Sectors - Healthcare. - Veterinary clinics. - Clinical analysis laboratories. - Work in presence of - Research biological agent. laboratories. - Retirement homes. - Homes assistances. - Wastewater treatment plants. - Waste treatment plant. - Waste treatment plant - Food industry. Splashes, sprays and Hands jets Protective gloves against micro organisms - Forest industry. -Work that involve - Healthcare. contact with human body and animal - Veterinary clinics. fluids and tissues. - Clinical analysis -Work in presence of laboratories. biological agent. - Research laboratories. - Retirement Homes. - Homes assistances. - Wastewater treatment plants. - Waste treatment plant. -Food industry MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK Splashes, sprays and Forearms jets Protective sleeves against micro organisms - Work that involve contact with human body and animal fluids and tissues. [ S.L.646.13 - Healthcare. - Veterinary clinics. - Clinical analysis - Work in presence of laboratories. biological agent. - Research laboratories, - Retirement Homes. - Homes assistances. - Wastewater treatment plants. - Waste treatment plant. Splashes, sprays and Foot / legs - Work that involve jets Protective over boots contact with human body and animal and gaiters fluids and tissues. - Work in presence of biological agent. - Food industry. - Healthcare. - Veterinary clinics. - Clinical analysis laboratories. - Research laboratories. - Retirement homes. - Homes assistances. - Wastewater treatment plants. - Waste treatment plant. - Food industry. 33 34 [ S.L.646.13 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK Splashes, sprays and Whole body jets Protective clothing against biological agents - Work that involve contact with human body and animal fluids and tissues. - Work in presence of biological agent. - Healthcare. - Veterinary clinics. - Clinical analysis laboratories. - Research laboratories. - Retirement homes. - Homes assistances. - Wastewater treatment plants. - Waste treatment plant. - Food industry. BIOLOGICAL AGENTS (CONTAINED IN) – MATERIALS, PERSONS, ANIMALS ETC. Risks Body part affected Type of PPE Direct and indirect Hands contact Protective gloves against microorganisms Whole / partial body Protective clothing against biological agents Eyes and/or face Protective goggles and face shields Examples of activities where the use of the corresponding type of PPE may be necessary - Work that involve contact with human body and animal fluids and tissues (bites, stings). Industry and Sectors - Healthcare. - Veterinary clinics. - Clinical analysis laboratories. - Work in presence of - Research biological agent. laboratories. - Retirement homes. - Homes assistances. - Wastewater treatment plants. - Waste treatment plant. - Food industry. - Forest industry. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK [ S.L.646.13 OTHER RISKS Risks Non-visibility Oxygen deficiency Body part affected Type of PPE Examples of Industry and Sectors activities where the use of the corresponding type of PPE may be necessary Whole body - Work in proximity of - Building PPE for signalling movement of construction. the user’s presence vehicles. - Civil engineering visually - Asphalt works and construction. road marking. - Shipbuilding. -Railway works. - Mining works. - Driving means of - Transport services transport. and passengers - Work of ground staff transports. at airport. Respiratory system - Work in confined - Alcoholic drinks Insulating spaces. production. respiratory protectives devices. - Work in fermentation - Civil engineering and distilling rooms. construction. - Work inside tanks and digesters. - Work in containers, restricted areas and gas fired industrial furnaces where there may be gas or insufficient oxygen. Oxygen deficiency Respiratory system Diving equipment - Work in shafts, sewers and other underground areas connected with sewage. - Underwater works - Chemical industry. - Petro-chemical industry. - Civil engineering construction. 35 36 [ S.L.646.13 Drowning MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AT WORK Whole body Life jacket - Work on or near water. - Work in the sea. - Fishing industry. - Aeronautical industry. - Work in an airplane. - Building construction. - Civil engineering construction. - Shipbuilding. - Docks and harbours.

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