Personal Protective Equipment and Protective Clothing

DOE-HDBK-1092-98

work instructions involved, special precautions, energy source controls, and personal protective

equipment requirements.

If the work or operations to be performed during the work day are repetitive and similar, at least one

job briefing shall be conducted before the start of the first job of each day or shift. Additional job

briefings shall be held if significant changes, which might affect the safety of the employees, occur

during the course of the work.

A brief discussion is satisfactory if the work involved is routine and if the employee, by virtue of

training and experience, can reasonably be expected to recognize and avoid the hazards involved in

the job. A more extensive discussion shall be conducted if the work is complicated or extremely

hazardous, or the employee cannot be expected to recognize and avoid the hazards involved in the

job.

An employee working alone need not conduct a job briefing. However, the employee shall ensure

that the tasks to be performed are planned as if a briefing were required.

7.4 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND PROTECTIVE

CLOTHING

Employees shall wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) and protective clothing (see

Section 7.4.8) to protect them from hazards of high-voltage apparatus. Employees authorized or

required to work on high-voltage systems shall be completely familiar with the PPE and protective

clothing they need for adequate protection while working on such systems. (Refer to Appendix C

for suggested types of PPE and protective clothing.) (See Figure 7-1 and Table 7-1.)

7.4.1 SHOES

Employees should wear shoes or boots that comply with the requirements of ANSI Z41. No metal

parts shall be present in the sole or heel of the shoes where nonconductive shoes are required.

7.4.2 SAFETY HAT

Workers should wear approved hardhats when working aboveground on poles, structures, or

buildings or in trees per ANSI Z89.1 and 29 CFR 1910.135.

Workers shall wear hardhats when working on the ground near poles, structures, buildings, or trees

in which work is being done. Workers shall wear hardhats when visiting or observing in areas where

overhead work is being done.

7.4.3 EYE PROTECTORS

Whenever eyes are in danger of being injured, workers shall wear safety goggles or other eye

protectors meeting ANSI standards. When the work being performed dictates, workers should wear

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