
Published on
28 January 2025
PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) is an important part of safety in the workplace that protects workers from accidents that cannot be always be removed or managed. But, PPE should always be thought of as the last line of defence. While it plays a major role in keeping members of staff safe, it's not a replacement for more effective measures such as damage control, engineering controls, substitution or administrative processes. We've taken a look at why PPE is the last form of defence in the hierarchy of controls...