FAQ
Safety Glasses and Face Protection
- How do I recognize safety glasses?
- How do I select the proper safety glasses and face protection?
- What are the pros and cons of the different lenses?
- What is the difference between plastic and polycarbonate?
- What should I know about lens colours?
- What should I know about the fit and care of safety glasses?
Headwear
Hearing Protectors
- How do I use Noise Reduction Rating (NRR) value to determine the protection provided by a hearing protector?
- What are some things I should know about selecting hearing protection devices?
- What are the advantages and limitations of ear plugs and ear muffs?
- What happens to the protection level when hearing protectors are removed for short periods of time?
- What is a Single Number Rating (SNR)?
- What types of hearing protectors are available?
Respirators, Care and Selection
Safety Belts, Harness and Lanyards
Foot Comfort and Safety Footwear
- What are some causes of foot problems?
- What contributes to foot problems?
- How can one improve the foot safety in workplace where foot injuries occur frequently?
- What should I know about protective footwear?
- What should I know about safety footwear?
- How is footwear selected?
- What should I know about the fit and care of safety footwear?
- What symbols will be on the footwear?
- What should I know when I buy footwear for work?
Chemical Protective Clothing
- What should I know first about chemical protective clothing?
- What is meant by permeation rate breakthrough time and degradation?
- How do I choose the right material for the job?
- What is an example of a guide to the selection of skin protection?
- What are some other points to remember about skin and hand protection?
Confined Spaces
- Is working in a confined space hazardous?
- What is a confined space?
- What are the hazards in a confined space?
- Why is working in a confined space more hazardous than working in other workspaces?
- What should be done when preparing to enter the confined space?
- How are hazards controlled in confined spaces?
- How is air quality maintained?
- How are fire and explosion prevented?
- How are energy sources controlled?
- What are other safety precautions?
- What is a Confined Space Hazard Assessment and Control Program?
- What is an Entry Permit System?
- What should happen when work is being done in a confined space?
- What are some emergency response precautions?
- Is worker training important?
Hazards Risks and Control
- What is a hazard and examples of it?
- What is risk and risk assessment?
- Will exposure to hazards in the workplace always cause injury, illness or other adverse health effects?
- What types of hazards are there?
- What is a hazard control program?
- How do I know what kind of control is needed?
- Why should a workplace implement hazard controls?
- What are the main ways to control a hazard?
- Where are controls used?
- What is meant by elimination?
- What is substitution?
- What are examples of engineering controls?
- What are examples of administrative controls?
- What should I know about personal protective equipment (PPE) as a hazard control method?
- Why is it important to monitor and review your hazard control program and methods?
Safety Glasses and Face Protection
-
How do I recognize safety glasses?
-
How do I select the proper safety glasses and face protection?
-
What are the pros and cons of the different lenses?
-
What is the difference between plastic and polycarbonate?
-
What should I know about lens colours?
-
What should I know about the fit and care of safety glasses?
Headwear
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What should I know about head protection?
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What should I know about the shell of my headwear?
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What should I know about the suspension of my headwear?
Hearing Protectors
-
How do I use Noise Reduction Rating (NRR) value to determine the protection provided by a hearing protector?
-
What are some things I should know about selecting hearing protection devices?
-
What are the advantages and limitations of ear plugs and ear muffs?
-
What happens to the protection level when hearing protectors are removed for short periods of time?
-
What is a Single Number Rating (SNR)?
-
What types of hearing protectors are available?
Respirators, Care and Selection
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Are there some things that you should know before you choose a respirator?
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How do you select the right respirator?
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How should you control respiratory hazards?
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What are the different classes of respirators?
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When should a respirator be used?
Safety Belts, Harness and Lanyards
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How do you inspect your fall protection materials?
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What should you know about fall protection?
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What should you know about fall protective equipment?
Foot Comfort and Safety Footwear
-
What are some causes of foot problems?
-
What contributes to foot problems?
-
How can one improve the foot safety in workplace where foot injuries occur frequently?
-
What should I know about protective footwear?
-
What should I know about safety footwear?
-
-
What should I know about the fit and care of safety footwear?
-
What symbols will be on the footwear?
-
What should I know when I buy footwear for work?
Chemical Protective Clothing
-
What should I know first about chemical protective clothing?
-
What is meant by permeation rate breakthrough time and degradation?
-
How do I choose the right material for the job?
-
What is an example of a guide to the selection of skin protection?
-
What are some other points to remember about skin and hand protection?
Confined Spaces
-
Is working in a confined space hazardous?
-
-
What are the hazards in a confined space?
-
Why is working in a confined space more hazardous than working in other workspaces?
-
What should be done when preparing to enter the confined space?
-
How are hazards controlled in confined spaces?
-
How is air quality maintained?
-
How are fire and explosion prevented?
-
How are energy sources controlled?
-
What are other safety precautions?
-
What is a Confined Space Hazard Assessment and Control Program?
-
What is an Entry Permit System?
-
What should happen when work is being done in a confined space?
-
What are some emergency response precautions?
-
Hazards Risks and Control
-
What is a hazard and examples of it?
-
What is risk and risk assessment?
-
Will exposure to hazards in the workplace always cause injury, illness or other adverse health effects?
-
What types of hazards are there?
-
What is a hazard control program?
-
How do I know what kind of control is needed?
-
Why should a workplace implement hazard controls?
-
What are the main ways to control a hazard?
-
-
-
-
What are examples of engineering controls?
-
What are examples of administrative controls?
-
What should I know about personal protective equipment (PPE) as a hazard control method?
-
Why is it important to monitor and review your hazard control program and methods?