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health & safety

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Protection

Personal protective equipment (PPE) ven the smallest of not much sign that anybody
businesses will usually really knows how they should be
should never be something you leave ehave some reason for using it.
If you want to make sure your
lying around. Here is how to make it supplying their staff with what workplace is a bit more switched
is known as personal protective
a familiar part of your workplace equipment (PPe) – earplugs and on – and so by implication safer
other gear that they will need to – there are a number of issues
protect themselves from harm you need to consider.
and to keep the company within PPe was first fully defined in
health and safety regulations. regulations that came into force
Considering how vital such in January 1993. the term covers
equipment can be, it is surprising all equipment that is intended to
how often you can come across be worn or held by a person at
it lying around in an office, work to protect them against a
evidently uncared for and with risk to their health or safety. you

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