Step 3 - Personal protective equipmentStep 3 - Personal protective equipment

Step 3 - Personal protective equipment

If risk remains after applying substitution, isolation, engineering and administrative control measures, PCBUs must minimise the remaining risk by ensuring the provision and use of suitable PPE, so far as is reasonably practicable. For psychosocial hazards, PPE can assist by controlling physical hazards that give rise to psychosocial risks, such as when using plant, substances etc or working in certain environments.

Protecting workers with PPE is a last resort and should only be used where there are risks that cannot be minimised using higher order controls. If PPE is selected as last resort, it should be used in conjunction with administrative controls (e.g. the provision of information, instruction and training to workers and/or the implementation of safe work procedures).

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