Personal protective equipment (PPE)
In this article, find out everything there is to know about personal protective equipment. Their different uses, categories and importance.
What is Personal Protective Equipment ?
PPE are "devices or means intended to be worn or held by a person in order to protect him against one or more risks likely to threaten his health or safety". (Labor Code article R. 4311-8).
Their use should only be considered in addition to other measures ofelimination or of risk reduction. It is from the risk assessment carried out in the company that the reflection on the use of PPE must be initiated..
