COC CLS - Healthy Safety Environment - NIKE, Inc. - The Journey

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)
- Bump caps/skull guards must be issued and worn for protection against scalp
lacerations from contact with sharp objects. However, they must not be worn as
substitutes for safety caps/hats because they do not afford protection from high
impact forces or penetration by falling objects.
• Foot protection:
- Safety shoes or boots with impact protection are required to be worn when carrying
or handling materials such as packages, objects, parts of heavy tools, that could be
dropped; and for other activities where objects might fall onto the feet.
- Safety shoes or boots with compression protection are required for work activities
involving skid trucks (manual materials handling cars) or other activities in which
materials or equipment could potentially roll over an employee’s feet.
- Safety shoes or boots with puncture protection are required where sharp objects
such as nails, wire, tacks, screws, large staples, or scrap metal could be stepped on
by employees, causing a foot injury.
• Hand protection:
- Suitable gloves must be worn when hazards from chemicals, cuts, lacerations,
abrasions, punctures, burns, biologicals, and harmful temperature extremes are
present.
- Glove selection must be based on performance characteristics of the gloves,
conditions, duration of use, and hazards present. One type of glove will not work in
all situations.
• Skin protection (other than gloves):
- Skin protection must be worn when there is a possibility of chemical splashes to the
body, when the atmosphere may contain contaminants that could damage the skin
or be absorbed by the skin, or when contaminants could remain on the street
clothes of an employee. The amount of coverage is dependent on the area of the
body that is likely to be exposed. For small controlled processes, an apron may be
sufficient; for work above the head, a full body coverall may be required.
d. Procedures for reporting and replacing damaged PPE.
e. Maintained in clean, good working condition and stored properly.
f. Provided and repaired free of charge by the employer.
g. Inspected quarterly at a minimum.
3. TRAINING—Training will be conducted at the time of initial assignment and at least annually
thereafter. Training must cover as a minimum:
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