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Specifying PPE that people actually wear

Priya Raghunathan · · 4 min read

Specifying PPE that people actually wear

Protection only counts while it is being worn. Goggles pushed onto a forehead because they fog after ten minutes are providing exactly nothing, and no amount of signage changes that.

Treat anti-fog performance, cuff length and glove sizing as technical requirements alongside the certification standard. Stocking four glove sizes costs less than a single incident, and it removes the most common reason people work bare-handed.

Involve the people at the bench in the trial. Order sample quantities, let the team wear them for a fortnight, and buy what survives real use rather than what looked best on the specification sheet.

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