Use of personal protective equipment there are several errors

Myth # 1: Wear personal protective equipment can not wear

        Experts point out that personal protective suits to eliminate or reduce occupational hazards for workers health effects, "Occupational Disease Prevention Law" stipulates that the employer must provide laborers to meet the requirements of protective equipment, while the obligation of workers to wear protective equipment.

        Myth # 2: Workshop does not smell, you can not wear personal protective equipment

        Experts point out that many of the harmful gas is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, does not have any warning, do not feel. Even flavored, the perception of sensory organs on the outside have their limitations and individual differences. Therefore, over-confident feeling, may cause occupational poisoning.

        Myth # 3: gauze masks can be used to dust

        Not be used as ordinary gauze masks dust masks. We now use the gauze masks, although cheap, summer sweat, warm in winter, but this masks (even 16 thickness) can easily lead to pneumoconiosis protection respirable dust hazards, dust requires special dust masks.

        Myth # 4: Medical masks used antivirus

        Medical masks to prevent disease spread by droplets, but can not filter out toxic gases. For different poisons, you need to use a different filter effects of protective masks. Generally volatile organic gas can with activated carbon respirator.

         Myth 5: dust masks washed reuse

         Dust mask filter is not washable. Dust masks are used efficiently filter is usually woven material, and some also rely on fiber filters with electrostatic charge respirable dust. After washing the filter microstructure will be damaged, appear invisible cracks, holes, will be significant loss of electrostatic charge, the filter performance in serious decline.

         Protective equipment belonging to a passive protective measures, in any case should be the first to take the advanced production technology, good engineering protection facilities to proactively prevent occupational diseases; in protective facilities are not able to completely eliminate occupational hazards in the case before considering the their workers with appropriate personal protective equipment. Notably, personal protective equipment is not a panacea, and any personal protective equipment has its applicability, limitations, need to consider the use of the environment and the scope of protective equipment.