PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

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'Personal protective equipment' (PPE) refers to protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other gear designed to protect the wearer's body or clothing from injury by electrical hazards, heat, chemicals, and infection, for job-related occupational safety and health purposes, and in sports, martial arts, combat, etc. is combat-specialized protective gear.
PPE can also be used to protect the working environment from pollution or infection from the worker, for example in a microchip factory.
The protection may be important in both ways, as with the use of disposable gloves by surgeons and dentists.
Protective clothing is also worn for contact sports, such as ice hockey and American football. Baseball players wear sliding shorts and a cup under their pants. See Baseball clothing and equipment, Goalie mask, jockstrap.
In British legislation the term PPE does not cover items such as armour.
Common protective materials include Nomex and Kevlar.
The terms "protective gear" and "protective clothing" are in many cases interchangeable; "protective clothing" is applied to traditional categories of clothing, and "gear" is a more general term and preferably means uniquely protective categories, such as pads, guards, shields, masks, etc.
For riding a motorcycle, protective headgear and eyegear are required by law in many countries.


Filter mask


Contents
Respiratory protection
Helmets
Masks
Eye protection
Hearing protection
Other head/neck protection
Arm/shoulder protection
Hand protection
Body protection
Leg/hip protection
Protective garments
Complete suits
Other garments
Sets of equipment
Other personal protective equipment
For horses
See also

Respiratory protection



Filter mask

Gas mask

Air-purifying respirator

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus, including scuba sets.


==Protective headgear==
a beekeeping hat, veil, and suit

Helmets


Helmet

Batting helmet

Bicycle helmet

Cricket helmet

Diving helmet

Football helmet

Hard hat

Hockey helmet

Motorcycle helmet

Welding helmet

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Masks

Some masks made of hard material like those used by goaltenders in ice hockey (a goalie mask) and catchers in baseball as protection against being struck in the face.

★ For gasmasks and similar, see #Respiratory protection.

Face shield

CPR mask

Goalie mask

Face cage

Visor (ice hockey)

Diving mask

Paintball Masks
Eye protection

Goggles

Also see Eye protection.

Some helmets also protect the eyes.

blowtorch goggles: see

Goggles

Safety glasses

Infection control glasses

Sunglasses

Visor

Baseball cap (its peak provides some protection against sun dazzle)
Hearing protection

ear defenders and visor on a safety helmet


Ear defenders

Earplug

Earmuffs

Earpads / earflaps
Other head/neck protection


Throat guard

Headguard (Head guard)

Boxing headgear

Mouth guard

Mouthpiece

★ Armored/insulated hood
Safety helmet with visor

Arm/shoulder protection



Shoulder pads

Hand guard

Forearm guard

Fist guard

Knuckle guard

Wrist guard (Wrist guards)

Elbow guard (Elbow guards)

Elbow pads (Elbow pad)

Hand/wrist wraps


Boxing tape, handwrap gauze
nitrile glove

Hand protection



Gloves are available to protect against:


★ Chemicals, contamination and infection (e.g. disposable latex/vinyl/nitrile gloves)


★ Extremes of temperature (e.g. oven gloves, Welder's gloves)


★ Mechanical hazards (e.g. rigger gloves, chainmail gloves)


★ Lacerations and other wounds from sharp objects

Baseball glove

Belay gloves

Cycling gloves

Falconry gloves

Hockey glove

Wicket-keeper's gloves

Body protection




★ Also see #Protective garments

Athletic supporter/protective cup

Chestguard (Chest guard, Hogu)

Rib guard

abdomen guard (cricket box)

Leg/hip protection



Foot guard

Hip pads (Hip pad)

Knee pads

Instep guard/instep protector

Shin guard (shin guards)

★ Combined knee-shin guards

Padded shorts

Bouldering mat

chaps are individual pant leggings made of leather and worn by farriers, cowboys, and rodeo contestants to protect the legs from contact with hooves, thorny undergrowth, and other such work hazards. May also be made of other materials for leg protection against other hazards, such as "rain chaps" of waterproof materials, or "saw chaps" of Kevlar for chainsaw workers.
clogs

==Protective footwear==

clogs

steel-toe boots

hobnailed boots

combat boot

Protective garments


'Protective suit' is an umbrella term for any suit or clothing which protects the wearer. Any specific design of suit may offer protection against biological and chemical chemical agents, particle radiation (alpha) and/or radiation (delta and gamma), and may offer flash protection in the case of bomb disposal suits. Most forms of industrial clothing are protective clothing. Personal protective equipment includes:
Complete suits

The word "chemsuit" is sometimes used to mean a real chemical-protection suit, as well as fictional.

Biohazard suit

Boilersuit

NBC or WMD suits

Hazmat suit

Bomb disposal suits

Fire protection suit

Riding suits (abrasion-proof: made of leather, kevlar, ballistic nylon, cordura, etc., and waterproof)

spacesuit

Splash suit, to protect against splashing chemicals

Wetsuit and drysuit

Immersion suit
Other garments


body armor:


bullet-proof vest


★ historical armor


★ futuristic powered armor.

apron (protects the body and other clothing from dirt) (also used as distinction by waiters)

nappy ("diaper" in American English)

Motorcycle armor

Protective vest

Sun protective clothing

Condom

Sets of equipment



Chainsaw protection (especially a helmet with face guard, hearing protection, kevlar chaps, anti-vibration gloves, and safety boots). Specific information about chainsaw protection is given in the chainsaw safety clothing article.

bee keepers wear various levels of protection depending on the temperament of their bees and the reaction of the bees to nectar availability. At minimum most bee keepers wear a brimmed hat and a veil made of hardware cloth similar to window screen material. The next level of protection is offered by leather gloves with long gauntlets and by some way of keeping bees from crawling up one's trouser legs. In extreme cases, shirts and trousers are also fabricated to serve as barriers to the bees' stingers.

Diving equipment (scuba gear)
Other personal protective equipment


lifejacket

★ Hardhat mounted mirrors

★ fall-arrest equipment (i.e., if someone falls, to stop the fall without injury)

Safety leash (to keep, e.g. a snowboard or surfboard within reach)

anti-rape female condom

Chastity belt

★ Warning equipment: flashing lights, reflective strips, reflectors, etc.

high-visibility clothing (to ensure visibility to prevent accidents)

For horses


For equestrians, protection of their horses is not less important:

Tail guard

Polo wraps

See also



Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs

Hazmat

Biohazard

Bomb disposal

Industrial clothing

NBC suit

Motorcycle safety clothing

Chainsaw safety clothing

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