Definitions (Section 4)

Boots, safety. Boots designed to protect feet from physical hazards. For example, safety boots offer more protection when splash or spark hazards (chemicals, molten materials) are present.

When working with corrosives, caustics, cutting oils, and petroleum products, neoprene or nitrile boots are often required to prevent penetration.
When working with electricity, special electrical hazard boots are available and are designed with no conductive materials other than the steel toe, which is properly insulated.

Boots, steel-toed. Durable boots (sometimes safety boots) made of leather or rubber that have a steel reinforcement in the toe to protect the foot against falling objects. They also often have steel inserts in their soles to prevent puncture from below.

Cap, bump. Form of headgear that provides lightweight protection from minor bumps, scrapes and lacerations. They are smaller, less sturdy, and more comfortable than hard hats, and can be worn in tight spots or in congested areas with low, overhanging objects. They are not a substitute for hard hats. (See hat, hard.)

Glasses, safety. Protective eyeglasses made with safety frames, tempered glass or plastic lenses, and temples and side shields that provide eye protection from moderate impact and particles encountered in job tasks such as carpentry, woodworking, grinding, and scaling. Safety glasses are also available in prescription form for those persons who need corrective lenses.

Gloves, aluminized. Gloves made of aluminized fabric designed to insulate hands from intense heat. These gloves are most commonly used by persons working molten materials.

Gloves, chemical resistance. Gloves may be made of rubber, neoprene, polyvinyl alcohol or vinyl. The gloves protect hands from corrosives, oils, and solvents. When selecting chemical resistance gloves, be sure to consult the manufacturers' recommendations, especially if the gloved hand will be immersed in the chemical (see PPE: Hand Protection Requirements [pdf])

Gloves, leather. Gloves made of leather typically used to protect hands from abrasions, cuts and blisters

Goggles, single-lens. Vinyl-framed goggles of soft pliable body design provide adequate eye protection from many hazards. These goggles are available with clear or tinted lenses, perforated, port vented, or non-vented frames. Single-lens goggles provide similar protection to spectacles and may be worn in combination with spectacles or corrective lenses to insure protection along with proper vision.

Goggles, welders/chippers. These goggles are available in rigid and soft frames to accommodate single or two eyepiece lenses.

Welder's goggles provide protection from sparking, scaling, or splashing metals and harmful light rays. Lenses are impact resistant and are available in graduated shades of filtration.
Chippers/grinders goggles provide eye protection from flying particles. The dual protective eye cups house impact resistant clear lenses with individual cover plates.

Hat, hard. A lightweight protective helmet, usually of metal or reinforced plastic, worn by workers in industrial settings. A hard hat is a type of helmet predominately used in workplace environments such as construction sites to protect the head from injury such as from falling objects. They are typically required personal protective equipment where heavy labor is being performed. (See cap, bump.)

Permissible exposure limit (PEL). Generally, a limit for personal exposure to a substance

Personal protective equipment (PPE). Clothing, headgear, shoes, gloves, glasses/goggles and other such items meant to protect individuals from exposure to harmful substances and physical agents

Shoes, steel-reinforced safety. Shoes designed to protect feet from common machinery hazards such as falling or rolling objects, cuts, and punctures. The entire toe box and insole are reinforced with steel, and the instep is protected by steel, aluminum, or plastic materials. Safety shoes are also designed to insulate against temperature extremes and may be equipped with special soles to guard against slip, chemicals, and/or electrical hazards.

Shield, face. Normally consist of an adjustable headgear and face shield of tinted/transparent acetate or polycarbonate materials, or wire screen. Face shields are available in various sizes, tensile strength, impact/heat resistance and light ray filtering capacity. Face shields will be used in operations when the entire face needs protection and should be worn to protect eyes and face against flying particles, metal sparks, and chemical/biological splash.

Shield, welding. Shield assemblies consisting of vulcanized fiber or glass fiber body, a ratchet/button type adjustable headgear or cap attachment and a filter and cover plate holder. These shields will be provided to protect workers' eyes and face from infrared or radiant light burns, flying sparks, metal splatter and slag chips encountered during welding, brazing, soldering, resistance welding, bare or shielded electric arc welding and oxyacetylene welding and cutting operations.

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