While it is fundamental to any effort towards safety is to modify the physical environment to make it impossible for unwanted events occur, sometimes necessary, either for economic or convenience safeguard personnel, equipping this form individual or personal protective devices.
It is demonstrated that the use of personal protective devices is an important and necessary in developing a safety program. However, as to some extent is necessary to rely on personal protective equipment, sometimes the temptation is to use it without trying scrupulously previously possible methods to correct the dangerous situation.
The correct method is always best. Workers are not happy, because of its discomfort, the use of personal protective devices. Therefore this equipment can be altered by users trying to obtain a more satisfactory adjustment, which can translate into a deterioration of their functioning.
The best way to prevent accidents is to eliminate or control risks as close as possible to their source. When this action to reduce risks at source is not possible, is the need to deploy workers in some sort of protective clothing or any other personal protection devices.
The use of personal protective equipment, consider using it as a last resort, because they often wear it is annoying and limits the freedom of movement at the worker is thus not surprising that sometimes this or use it.
As the primary objective of the team is to prevent any part of the worker’s body makes contact with external risks, while also prevents heat and moisture from escaping the body, taking as a result of high temperature and sweat from bothering the employee, with obvious fatigue faster.