The New OSHA Personal Protective Equipment Standards: A Management and Employee Participative Approach to Compliance

The New OSHA Personal Protective Equipment Standards: A Management and Employee Participative Approach to Compliance 
Emory E. Knowles, III, MS, CIH, CSP – Northrop Grumman Electronic Sensors and Systems Division (SSA Journal Volume 10 Number 2 – Summer 1996 pp. 19 – 30 )

The paper communicates a systematic approach to compliance with 6 April, 1994 revised OSHA personal protective equipment standards. OSHA’s rationale for the standards is presented. Methods for hazard assessment, including the use of job-instructional Key Points Cards and surveys, equipment selection, training and certification are presented. The financial impact of the new standards is reviewed.