PPE Register
Health & Safety Xpert™ Total Toolkit is an easy to use software package that will save you massive amounts of time producing crucial health and safety documentation legally required under current UK law. This includes the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and the new Construction Design Management (CDM) Regulations 2007.
Every employer shall ensure that suitable PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) is provided to employees who may be exposed to risks to their health and safety under the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992.
Before choosing any PPE, employers must ensure that a proper assessment (Risk Assessment) is made to determine whether the PPE is suitable. Employers should provide employees with adequate and appropriate information, instruction and training including:
- The risks where PPE will avoid or limit
- The purpose for which and the manner in which PPE should be used
- Any action required of the employee to maintain the PPE
- Employers are required to provide demonstration of PPE where appropriate
Use the PPE Register included in Health and Safety Xpert software to record these instructions and that the employee understands the requirement to use and look after the PPE they have been issued with,
Notes: When there is an overlap in the duties in the general Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations and those specifically covering asbestos, hazardous substances (COSHH), noise and construction head protection then the specific legislative requirements should prevail.
Under the Construction (Head Protection) Regulations 1989, every employer must provide suitable head protection for each employee and replace it whenever necessary. A similar duty is placed on self-employed people. Every employer shall ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, that each employee (and any other person over whom they have control) at work wears suitable head protection unless there is no foreseeable risk of injury to their head other than through falling.
The person in control of a site may make rules regulating the wearing of suitable head protection. These must be in writing, in for example, your Company Health and Safety Policy, Site Rules, explained in your Site Induction and recorded in your PPE Register. It is important to file these records so that they could be consulted by an inspector if necessary.
Use the PPE Register included with Health and Safety Xpert to provide evidence that suitable personal protective equipment including head protection has been supplied to all personnel on site.