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Arts & Sciences
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Contents > Section 10
Contents > Section 10.14
Personal Protective Equipment Program
Fact Sheet
- BGSU is required by State law (Public Employee Risk Reduction
Act) and subsequent rules to develop and implement safety
protocols in the form of a Personal
Protective Equipment (PPE) Program. (Examples of personal
protective equipment are gloves, hard hats, goggles, steeltoe
shoes, etc.)
- To comply with state mandates, the BGSU Personal Protective
Equipment Program was developed with university involvement.
(Professors, supervisors, non administrative employees)
- This program applies to:
- Most academic and non-academic departments
- The BGSU Personal Protective Equipment Program addresses the
minimal requirements of the law, including:
- Hazard assessment of departments
- PPE used as last alternative
- PPE selection guidelines
- Providing PPE at no cost to the employee
- Employee training
- Supervisor and upper-management supervision and
enforcement
- Implementation Date: Fall Semester 1997
- For additional information or questions regarding BGSU's
Personal Protective Equipment Program, contact the Department of
Environmental Health and Safety, 2-2171.
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