title: [Personal protection equipment (PPE)].
abstract: Current legal base. Every employer shall ensure that suitable personal protective equipment is provided to his employees who may be exposed to a risk to their health or safety while at work except where and to the extent that such risk has been adequately controlled by other means which are equally or more effective. Employers should, therefore, provide appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) and training in its usage to their employees wherever there is a risk to health and safety that cannot be adequately controlled by other means. In order to provide PPE for their employees, employers must do more than simply have the equipment on the premises. The employees must have the equipment readily available, or at the very least have clear instructions on where they can obtain it.
authors: Avvocato, Studio Legale Dubini, Milano, Italy. rolando.dubini@fastwebnet.it
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Dubini
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011482:Protective Devices