Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 37 of 538 PERSO NAL PROTE CTIV E EQUI PME NT Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S E L 006 P age Nu m b e r 1 of 9 1 0 WH A T IS PE R S O N A L P R OTE C T IV E E QU I PME N T P e rsona l protec ti ve e quipm e nt P P E is t he c lot hing a nd oth e r w ork a c c e sso rie s that provide a b a rr ie r be twe e n the wor ke r a nd a wor kplac e ha z a rd I t i s a porta ble e quipm e nt us e d b y one p e rson a t a ti me P e rsona l protec ti ve e quipm e nt i nc ludes sa fe t y g las se s g loves h a rd ha ts s a f e t y shoe s a nd f a ll prote c ti on e tc to na me a fe w P e rsona l protec ti ve e quipm e nt i s c onsi de re d th e la st l ine of de fe nse I t i s to be use d whe n th e ha z a rd c a nnot be e li mi na ted thr o ug h e n g in e e rin g or substi tut ion Hier a rc h y of c ontr ols m ust be c onsi de re d pr ior to i mpl e menting a n y P P E A ha z a rd a ssessment mu st be c onduc ted to de te r mi ne if ha z a rds a r e pr e s e nt or li ke l y to be pr e se nt whic h re quir e the use of P P E I t i s then the se lec ti on of the c orr e c t P P E should t a ke plac e 20 PURPO S E The purp ose of this pol ic y is t o mi nim iz e a c c idents i nc idents a nd inj urie s by im pleme nti n g a nd e nfor c in g the Pe rsona l P r otec ti ve Equipm e nt pro g r a m 30 PO L ICY I t i s the r e sponsi bil it y o f the e mpl o y e r to e nsur e that a ll e mpl o y e e s we a r pr ope r pr ote c ti ve e quipm e n t prior to conduc ti n g a n y wor k All P P E tha t i s of que sti ona ble r e li a bil it y d a ma g e d or in ne e d of se r vice or r e pa ir will be re move d fr om ser vic e im media tel y Th e C ompan y will maintain a pprop ria te insp e c ti on a nd se rvic e L OG S R ECOR DS for spe c ialt y P P E B e lt e r ra C orpor a ti on will suppl y ba sic a nd spe c iali z e d P P E to wor ke rs a s re quire d All P P E w il l m e e t the a pp ropr iat e C S A St a nda rd A ll P P E use d b y B e lt e r ra wo rke r s must be wor n a nd m a int a ined in a sa nit a r y a nd g ood c ondit i on No pie c e of PP E should be modi fie d or c h a n g e d c ontra r y to i ts m a nufa c tur e s ins truc ti ons or spe c ific a ti ons or the Oc c upa ti ona l He a lt h s a f e ty R e g ulations B e lt e rr a C orpor a ti on will suppl y P P E that c onfor ms t o g ov e rn ment a nd Oc c up a ti ona l He a lt h S a fe t y R e g ulati ons re quire ments The C ompan y will e nsur e that pr ope r tr a ini ng is p rovide d to all emplo y e e s a nd supe rvisor s r e spe c ti v e l y Visi tors a nd a dmi nist ra ti ve grou p will follow the sa me r ules a s s e t i n thi s progr a m i e fo r e ntra n c e t o bra nc h w a re hous e fie ld y a r d or c ustom e r sites