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Posted By k murphy
Should employers issue sun tan lotion as PPE for employees that are exposed to the sun. I know there is an issue of whether individuals have alergies but I am unsure as to what the best approach is? Could someone please advise?
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Posted By Descarte
This has been discussed many many times before on these forums and the main outcomes were, if you have a requirement for your staff to work outside and cannot provide anyother means of ensuring protection from the sun (overalls, hats/hard, etc..) then sun screen / lotion would be classified as PPE.
I beliweve this is also the stance taken by such organisations as police forces and council staff such as gardeners.
Though I am sure a quick forum search will turn u pall the old info, opinionsand personal circumstances
Des
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Posted By James Fleming
There is an article in the August edition of SHP covering this...page 72. Enjoy
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Posted By Chris Packham
I have collected quite a lot of information on this, some of which casts doubt on the effectiveness of sun protection creams and certain items of clothing. If you want to contact me direct please feel free to do so (I am in Germany tomorrow, back in the office on Monday.)
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Posted By Phil
We issue sun glasses as and when it gets very sunny as our window cleaning teams can get headaches etc.. from the reflection of strong sunlight.
Phil
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Posted By David Bramall
k
I don't think we have to supply sun screen to employees.
We need to control the hazards that we create, noise, vibration, entanglement, biological, substances, ejected particles, dust, fume ... the list is almost endless already, by requiring the workforce to do the jobs we require, using particular planr, nachinery, substances ... the list is also endless.
Hazards which we cannot control are things like sunshine or starvation, then again maybe we could class packed lunches and a flask of tea as PPE - I don't really think so.
d
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Posted By Descarte
Yes ok we dont create the hazard as such which is UV rays from the sun, however we can require our staff to work in contact with this hazard as part of their job, hence it would then require PPE
People who work near rivers didnt create them but by having a requirement for them to work their means we have to control the risks, life jackets, lone working RA's, personal alarms etc...
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Posted By Descarte
In fact reading your post again makes me thing of it even more as a joke, hazards we dont control - stravation, what!? even if you had said dehydration then it may have been slightly believable but they, oh look, you are required to provide suitable cooking facilities and drinking water in the workplace, so plz, dont be so ignorant.
Thanks
Des
Ps, sorry for sounding harsh, and I hope you were only joking
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Posted By Anne Payne Greetings from one of your antipodean cousins. As you may imagine, this is a bit of an issue for us here in sunny Melbourne. As one who now wokrs ofr the HSE equivalent here in Melbourne, I'm happy to give you the link to some recent work that was done here on this issue. It was done primarily for the construction industry, but there is some generally useful information. Sorry about the spelling gaffes - couldn't see behind the pink/prple bx! All the best, http://www.workcover.vic...u/vwa/home.nsf/pages/sun
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