Protective Gear

[David C. Macy]

Inspectors that are using protective wear, what type glasses, gloves and clothing are you using?

Dave

[gbeaumont]

Hi to all,

Good question Dave, here's my personal list:

• Cotton only clothing
• Standard wrapround clear safety/high impact glasses (Home Depot $25)
• Leather Gloves (only if bone dry, Homedepot $25)

Regards

Gerry

[dwatson1]

Hi, Dave.

Cotton Clothing, safety glasses, gloves, and for crawl spaces, a respirator and bump hat.

[Jae Williams]

Originally Posted by dwatson1

Hi, Dave.

Cotton Clothing, safety glasses, gloves, and for crawl spaces, a respirator and bump hat.

Same, plus coveralls in the crawlspace and electrical safety gloves when inspecting the electrical system.

Sometimes water-wings on some really leaky plumbing.

[jclark1]

When working in a panel or around any energized equipment, good boots are critical. During my apprenticeship I saw plenty of gory post mortem pictures of exit points out the foot from hand to foot electrical paths. Although the really bad ones were from higher voltage, it is still important to isolate all of your body parts. Don't give the current a pathway through your heart ie, hand to hand or hand to foot.

[David C. Macy]

Do the clear glasses protect you from arc flashes? The ones that GB recommend from Home Depot.

I usually wear tennis shoes or leather boots.

I need to start wearing a mask for the attic.

Thanks for the response. I voted no on my poll and I need to start protecting myself and make sure my clients are safe as well.

Thanks

Dave

[David P. Valley]

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[gbeaumont]

Originally Posted by dmacy

Do the clear glasses protect you from arc flashes? The ones that GB recommend from Home Depot.

Dave, I sure as heck hope so as that is what I wear for panels The secondary use is in crawl spaces as I have got a face full of dust and rust of piping etc before.

Regards

Gerry

[Joe Funderburk, CMI]

True safety glasses that meet OSHA requirements will be marked "ANSI standard Z87.1" on the temple bar.

[gbeaumont]

Originally Posted by jfunderburk

True safety glasses that meet OSHA requirements will be marked "ANSI standard Z87.1" on the temple bar.

Thanks Joe, I never knew that. I just pulled mine out of my bag to check and that is indeed what they are marked. Mine show AOS + Z87 which apparently denote high impact resistance.

Good to know

BTW these are the ones that I use: http://www.safetyglassesusa.com/leblkteclafl.html

Regards

Gerry

[Mike Parks]

""Deenergized parts." Live parts to which an employee may be exposed shall be deenergized before the employee works on or near them, unless the employer can demonstrate that deenergizing introduces additional or increased hazards or is infeasible due to equipment design or operational limitations. Live parts that operate at less than 50 volts to ground need not be deenergized if there will be no increased exposure to electrical burns or to explosion due to electric arcs."

http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owad...ARDS&p_id=9910

[Joe Funderburk, CMI]

[quote=Mike Parks]""Deenergized parts." Live parts to which an employee may be exposed..."

What's your point?

[David C. Macy]

It seems that more than a 3/4 of the inspectors that took the poll were not using protective gear and that includes me.

I went to Lowes and bought a pair for about $15. They have a nice selection of approved glasses.

GB if anything the course got me to wear protective glasses. Thanks.

Now I need to invest in a safety cushion and install it below my ladder.

Thanks
Dave

[James D Mosier]

20 some years ago (in high school shop class) we were shown a movie from the late 50s where a guy got a metal sliver in his eye. He drove himself to the hospital in something with huge fins. He ended up needing surgury which was very hard to watch since it was not edited and quite close-up.

The teacher, who had seen it before, left the room before the gore. Seems it wasn't worth seeing again vs any carnage a group of unsupervised male teenagers could commit. It was shown about an hour before lunch and for some reason no one had an appetite that day.

[Patrick Bolliger]

Originally Posted by dvalley

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