Introduction

The Occupational Safety and Health Act state that “it shall be the duty of every employer to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, the safety, health and welfare at work of all his employees “; because hazards exist in every workplace in many different forms (example sharp edges, falling objects chemicals etc) the processes for safe guarding employees should be carefully constructed.
Hazards can be defined as any source of potential damage, adverse health effects on something or someone under certain conditions at work. Hazards can be broking down to four major types:-
• Biological- bacteria, viruses, insects etc
• Chemical –depends on the physical, chemicals
• Physical-radiation, magnetic etc
• Psychosocial-stress, violence etc.

Controlling a hazard at its source is the most effective way of protecting employees; depending on the hazards or the work environment it is recommended that the use of engineering controls (this control eliminate or reduce exposure to chemical or physical hazard through the use or substitution of engineered machinery or equipment) or work practice controls (controls that reduce the likelihood of exposure by altering the manner in which a task is performed) should be implemented to manage or eliminate hazards to the greatest extent possible.
When engineering, work practice and administrative controls are not providing sufficient protection; the employer must provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to his / her employees and ensure it proper use example fig 1. Due to the type of business this company undertakes, one of the major from of safety producers should be providing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to its