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This site provides information about personal protective equipment (PPE) for employers, supervisors, and workers. We welcome your comments and suggestions.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

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PPE Information Sheet
- Using your disposable respirator

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Worker lost consciousness in confined space at sawmill
Ribs broken, lungs punctured when jack failed or kicked out from loaded truck
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2 pilots died when twin-engine airplane crashed
Faller fatally injured while bucking roots off windfall

What's New

New Guideline for September 2009

G8.40(2.1)(c) Single-use respirators and fit test equivalency

Training Providers List Updated November 2009

First Aid, Diving, and Joint Committee Training Providers (PDF 234 KB)

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