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Comfort of personal protective equipment

✍ Scribed by Farhang Akbar-Khanzadeh; Michael S. Bisesi; Ruben D. Rivas

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1995
Tongue
English
Weight
448 KB
Volume
26
Category
Article
ISSN
0003-6870

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✦ Synopsis

The degree of comfort of personal protective equipment (PPE) was investigated in an automobile encapsulating plant. Up to 96.2% of employees used one or a combination of PPE. Only 8% of the workers felt their respirators were comfortable, 30% tolerated their respirators, and 62% rated them as uncomfortable.

The percentage of employees who rated their PPE (other than a respirator) as comfortable ranged from 32 to 52%. For comfort factor, coveralls/aprons rated 52%, safety glasses 51%, rubber gloves 42%, and hearing protectors 36%. PPE was tolerable (just acceptable) for about 30% of the employees. To increase the effectiveness and safety of PPE, the human-factor aspects of PPE design should be emphasized more and quality improvement should cover the wearability of PPE.

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