ISEA and a
Step-by-Step Guide
to Making PPE part
of Workplace Safety
The
International
Safety
Equipment Association (ISEA)
is the national trade association for personal protective equipment, including head, eye and face,
hearing, respiratory and fall protection; protective
clothing and gloves; high visibility safety apparel;
emergency eyewash and showers; first aid kits, and
gas detection instruments.
The association is the secretariat for numerous
American National Standards for personal protective and safety equipment, including the ANSI
standards for head and eye and face protection cited in OSHA’s PPE standards.
ISEA believes that equipping workers with personal protective equipment (PPE) is not just a matter
of placing an order. It requires thorough planning,
research and monitoring as shown in the following
steps.
• Assemble a team. Management, engineering
and people from job sites should work with the
safety director to provide a variety of perspectives. Make sure that industrial hygiene and environmental health and safety professionals are
included on the team.
• Conduct a Job Safety Analysis (JSA). Identifying the appropriate mix of PPE requires evaluation of each job site to fully define requirements. Every task area is different, so make sure
to visit all of them.