Any type of individual protection must reunite a series of characteristics:

- It must be easy to handle.

- The accomplishment of the work with electrical equipment Will have to allow, without supposing a decrease in the performance possibilities.

- It must be comfortable trying if it is possible that it feels well.

It is always necessary to respect the security signals to avoid the labor accidents.

CLASSIFICATION OF THE MATERIAL OF PERSONAL PROTECTION

According to the zone of the body that is going to protect we will distinguish the following types of equipment:

1 - The work clothes.

The work dresses provide a doubtless protection against spots, corrosive dusts, products, to unload electrical, etc... Must be taken care of that the work clothes are clean and in good conditions of conservation, without breakage that can be reason for enlistments with the machine causing the accident. Special clothes for special works exist such as:

- The non-flammable dresses that they protect against the inflammation risks.

- The rubber dresses to protect against the radiations.

- Asbestos Dresses for works next to heat sources.

Also it is used the leather for the preparation of mandiles and aprons.

The clothes that must be used in winter under extreme climatic conditions have to reunite the following qualities:

1- To be able of heat retention.

2- Capacity of elimination of the heat.

3- Facility of ventilation.

The security clothes are very important to protect our body to unload electrical.

2 - Protection of the head.

The necessity to take a crash helmet, is from the gravity that entails the accidents produced by falls of objects. A great variety of crash helmets constructed exists in the market to base of plastic matters and impregnated fabric or hardened cardboard, aluminum, fiber glass, etc...

In whatever to the form exist helmets with more or less salient rims, until which they do not have a visor more. First they protect the ears, the neck and it leaves from the face, being used in works of perforation, quarries specially, etc... being the second most common ones in work of factories, trains, etc... In order to complete the protective action of the helmet, can at any moment add to other additional accessories such as screens, havelock or helmets against noise trying to conjugate effectiveness with comfort.

Obligatory helmet of security in many companies.

3 - Protection of visual apparatus.

The accidents of eyes can be avoided by means of the use of glasses or protective masks. Any glasses of security must reunite a series of requirements:

- They are had to clean with facility reason why they must not have you fold nor grooves difficult.

- They must have an ample field of vision.

- They do not have to be constructed with inflammable material.

- It does not have to produce irritations nor no other type of annoyance to the user.

Very useful glasses of security in eléctircos works, of weld, cut,...

4 - Protection of the auditory apparatus.

The O.G.S.H.T (General Decree of Security and Hygiene in the Work) in their article nº 147 establishes:

- When the level of noise in a position or work area exceeds the 80 (db) decibels is obligation the use of elements or individual apparatuses of auditory protection.

- For the noises of very high intensity one will equip the workers whom there are to support them of earpieces with filter, similar orejeras of pads, discs antinoises or devices.

- The protection of the pavilions of the ear will be previously combined with the one of the skull and the face by the average sights.

- The elements of auditory protection will be always of individual use.

Auditory protection against the excess noises.

5 - Protection of superior extremities.

The protection accepted generally by its effectiveness is the glove independently of the existence of sleeves, dediles, creams, etc... that can be used in special cases. Usually they make in rubber, rubber, leather, etc... According to the work to develop we will use the following types of gloves:

* Of weave.

They are adapted for works that require a slight protection (Sector of the construction).

* Of leather.

They are resistant to the sparks, the heat and the rough objects providing in addition damping to choques.(welds).

* Of asbestos.

They isolate of the heat and they are fireproof protecting against burns. They present/display the disadvantage of deteriorating with facilidad.(Firemen).

Gloves anti fire for works with exhibition to high temperatures and fire.

* Of rubber.

They are used when it is necessary the electrical isolation. They present the disadvantage of not allowing the sweating nor protecting against the mechanical action.

* Of plastic matter.

They are used in the chemical industry to resist to corrosive chemical agents, as well as to industrial dissolvents.

* Of mesh level.

Butchers are indicated for works with elements for cut.

6 - Protection of the inferior extremities.

The protection can be obtained by means of footwear with steel toe, to prevent the fall with heavy equipment on the fingers. Also usually they are used metallic groups that prevent the sharp or sharp wounds in the plant of the feet. In order to complete this protection he is advisable to use dull that protects the ankles. The protection of the inferior extremities can be completed with kneepads, legginses, etc,..

Boots of security to protect the feet of the fall of heavy equipments.

7 - Protection of the respiratory apparatus.

Protection of the respiratory apparatus. In order to protect the respiratory apparatus a procedure is due to follow that must include the following points:

1º - To identify the substance against which protection is needed.

2º - To value the risk that entails each one of the identified substances establishing its degree of danger.

3º - To determine the conditions of exhibition to those risks such as proximity with the points of high concentration, existence or lack of oxygen, etc,...

4º - To study the personal possibilities of use of the equipment.

8 - Security belts.

They constitute a basic element of protection and must be obligatory in the works that present/display fall risk. They must be accredited.