1. Failing to wear the necessary safety equipment while on the job has been cited as the top workplace safety issue.
2. Eye protection has been found to be the most challenging PPE category.
3. Hearing protection non-compliance is the next highest category for non-compliance followed by gloves and head protection.
4. Reasons for non-compliance of PPE or Protective Clothing was uncomfortable, too hot, not available near the work task, poorly fitting and unattractive.

REVEALING STATISTICS

• The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) in a survey said that workers in their organizations had at some point failed to wear the necessary safety equipment while […]

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