Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Rons shall ensure that suitable personal protective equipment is provided to employees who may be exposed to a risk to their health or safety while at work except where and to the extent that such risk has been adequately controlled by other means which are equally or more effective.
Rons shall ensure that an assessment is made to determine whether the personal protective equipment that will be provided is suitable.
Rons shall ensure that any personal protective equipment provided to employees is maintained (including replaced or cleaned as appropriate) in an efficient state and in efficient working order.
Rons shall also ensure that employees are provided with such information, instruction and training as is adequate and appropriate to enable the employee to know:
a.The risk or risks which the personal protective equipment will avoid or limit;
b.The purpose for which and the manner in which personal protective equipment is to be used; and
c.Any action to be taken by the employee to ensure that the personal protective equipment remains in an efficient working order.
Rons shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that any personal protective equipment provided to employees is properly used. Every employee shall use any personal protective equipment provided to him by virtue of these regulations in accordance both with any training in the use of the personal protective equipment concerned which has been received by him and the instructions respecting that use, which have been provided to him.
