WHO NEEDS IT? PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

This series of nine linked video modules is designed to encourage seafarers not just to use PPE, but to use it properly. It is structured to allow the selection for viewing only of those modules appropriate to any given audience.

In the introductory module, it is stressed that safety is ultimately a personal responsibility. Each individual should make sure that they use safe working practices. That includes using PPE.

Using inappropriate or defective PPE can be as dangerous as not using any. In the eight succeeding modules, common workplace situations are featured. Each covers a specific type of protective equipment:

• head protection
• hand and arm protection
• eye protection
• ear protection
• protective clothing for the body
• respiratory protection equipment
• foot protection
• safety harnesses

These show how easily things can go wrong and what could have been done to prevent accidents happening.

Each of the specific modules includes advice on how to care for PPE, how to check for and recognise defects, and what action to take when defects are discovered. In many cases, the video also shows what difference PPE would have made to the outcome of a dangerous situation.

The video is supported by a booklet providing more detailed information, and further training points which follow from the video material.