what is the law on PPE

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

got glasses' ,hat,vise,boot's, gloves, my lad said something about ear-plugg's is this wright!! you cant hear anything ie DANGER!! will robinson

 

[Deleted member 9966]

got glasses' ,hat,vise,boot's, gloves, my lad said something about ear-plugg's is this wright!! you cant hear anything ie DANGER!! will robinson

dave, if you did some research on the net, you would find out what decibel level is unsuitable for work environments. you only need to wear ear plugs when you are working in a noisy environment for a sustained length of time - i.e. is your tile cutter in a small room and you're taking more than 10 minutes to cut a tile?? if so, wear plugs.

 

[Ajax123]

I guess if it seems sensible to wear ear plugs then it probably is. I personally hate them and they make my ears really sore if I wear them for a long period so I prefer to wear ear defenders. There is guidance in law I beleive on what constitutes an unacceptable noise level. Can't remember what it is but think anything over 90dB you mst provide hearing protection. Not sure how night clubs get away with it cos they actually charge people to come into their clubs to be deafened.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

well starting new job on monday !!and these site agent all seem to have there own! perversion's that they like!! i would like to wear none of it, just me work cloth's i have more trouble wearing this stuff than not!!still need's -must

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

yes it seem's mad that we have to conform to all this BS, when you look around at everyday worker's it's a right laugh!!nobody els's is doing it!!

 

[Alan.P]

Different companies ( main contractors ) have different PPE requirements, above the usual boots and viz, if you have to walk through the construction area you 'may' have to wear your hard hat, some insist on gloves at ALL times, regardless ( which I've shown to be a hazard a couple of times ) It should be explained upon your induction to site, even different sites under the same management can have different PPE requirements, as for ear protection, if it's so loud ( consistently )that I have to wear them above and beyond cutting my tiles, I won't work in the area.

 

[Dan]

The main thing is the Risk Assessment here I think. As Ajax said , it's you as an employee of yourself and/or others that has to be responsible for the health and safety of you and/or your staff. There is a lot of info online (Liz linked to a bit of it ) on this. Generally large companies if they haven't got internal advisers on this then they'd seek external advice when it comes to the risk assessment but then have somebody responsible for managing that. Though a small company, especially self-employed are always responsible themselves directly of everything, obviously.

So I'd say if the terms to work on a site is to carry out crazy tasks such as wearing wellies instead of toe-caped boots, wearing a harness attached to a secure point when on the second step of a ladder, is what you need to do to get paid. Do it, but factor the extra time and expense in your pricing.

On site, unless you run it, there will always be guidelines (or strict rules more like) given to you. Though on domestics or jobs where you're the one sticking the invoice in, you need to make sure you, anybody you employ, and in some strange cases those you even sub other parts of the job to you could actually be responsible for.

There are a lot of firms out there that can provide more accurate advice on this, and I'm only saying this as this is your health and safety here. So please do take all the advice given as a general view from those within the trade.

 

[Deleted member 9966]

yes it seem's mad that we have to conform to all this BS, when you look around at everyday worker's it's a right laugh!!nobody els's is doing it!!

everyday workers like whom Dave? People who work in offices? they don't have to wear PPE cos there's not many unsafe places inside airconditioned offices (unless of course the offices are still in the process of being built or renovated).

however, I work for a chemicals manufacturing plant and if you're out on the plant minimum you have to wear Hi Vis jacket, hard hat, safety glasses and steel toe capped boots. So when I have a meeting with workers out on the plant, I go all kitted out just to walk to the other side of the plant.

so, still want to stick with your view that nobody else is doing it??

:smilewinkgrin:

 

[Deleted member 9966]

Oh and if you don't want to conform to the site requirements by wearing the required safety equipment, then don't do the job. some times you just have to accept that that is the way it has to be.

 

[Gazzer]

yes it seem's mad that we have to conform to all this BS, when you look around at everyday worker's it's a right laugh!!nobody els's is doing it!!

Name those workers that are not doing it ? Are you talking of site workers ? Or general people in employment. Stop kicking up such a fuss and get on with it. Hearing protection is for your own benefit. Eye protection is for your own benefit, Safety boots are for your own benefit. The various cleansing products in site toilets are for your own benefit. etc etc yada yada !
If you want these jobs you need to adhere to site regs, if not , stop the bitching and grow potatoes on an allotment....with appropriate safety gear of course.
All this moaning will not change the facts about PPE