PPE

Personal Protective Equipment Policies and Information

What is PPE?

PPE stands for Personal Protective Equipment, and they are typically wearable items that offer an additional layer of protection while doing potentially hazardous work.

This includes protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garment or equipment designed to protect the wearer’s body from injury by blunt impacts, electrical hazards, heat, chemicals, infection, for job-related occupational safety and health purposes.

What PPE do we provide?

The Safety Office provides a wide variety of PPE, including hard hats, safety glasses, hearing protection, gloves, high visibility vests, and disposable respirators.

All students are required to purchase their own Safety Toe Shoes to be in compliance with our policy and OSHA code. Production Staff and Casual Hires are also required to have Safety Toe Shoes.

TD&P Students are required to be fit tested and purchase a respirator for welding projects.

When do I need to wear PPE?

When you are in the Wood Shop or Metal Shop

You must wear safety glasses and hearing protection at all times. Respirators are required for welding work. Long pants must be worn in the shops.
Other PPE may be needed for certain projects such as disposable respirators, gloves, or fall protection in some instances when the materials lifts doors are open.

During Load-In and Strike

Hard hats and safety toe shoes are required for all people working Load-Ins and Strikes. Any time you are to work in a theatre that is in load-in or strike conditions, you must be wearing this PPE before you enter the space. This is to protect your head and your feet as heavy equipment and scenery are being moved around in the space.
Electricians are required to wear gloves during Load-In and Strike.

Materials Handling

Moving heavy objects outside of load-ins and strikes also requires the use of safety toe shoes. High visibility vests are available for moving large items along New Haven's sidewalks and roads.

Over-Head Work

Anytime work is happening over-head, all people in the space must be wearing hard hats.

During potentially hazardous work, your Supervisor will let you know what PPE you need to wear

Supervisors asses the risks and hazards of the work their teams are doing in our spaces, and will inform you if you need PPE to complete a task.

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Where can I find PPE at DGSD and YRT?

If you find that any of these locations are out of stock of the listed PPE below, or are in need of additional or different PPE, contact the Director or Assistant Director of Theatre Safety at anna.glover@yale.edu or kelly.oloughlin@yale.edu, respectively.

University Theatre, 222 York Street

Wood Shop: safety glasses are stored outside the shop door entrance. Hearing protection and disposable respirators are straight ahead when you enter the room, next to the inventory computer on the wall. Materials handling gloves are stored in the loading dock.

Metal Shop: safety glasses are stored outside the shop door entrance alongside hearing protection.

Costume Shop Dye Room: Safety glasses, disposable respirators and disposable gloves are hung on the wall to the left when you enter the dye room.

Theatre: Hard hats are stored in cubbies USL as you enter the stage. Fall Protection equipment is available as needed USR.

Iseman Theater, 1156 Chapel Street

Production Office: materials handling gloves are stored in a plastic tub on the shelves. Hard hats are stored on a tree in this room.

Shop: safety glasses, hearing protection, and gloves are stored on the wall to the left of the chop saw run-off table. Hard Hats are stored in the green cubbies on the wall.

Yale Repertory Theatre,
1120 Chapel Street

Plenum: hard hats are stored on a tree in this room underneath the seating in the theatre.

Backstage: hard hats are stored in cubbies USR, where there is also a cubby containing miscellaneous PPE, such as materials handling gloves, hearing protection, and safety glasses. Fall Protection equipment is available as needed at this location as well.

Cabaret Theatre and Kondoleon Studio, 217 Park Street

Safety glasses, hearing protection and materials handling gloves are located inside the Billiard's Room, nearby the tools and the flammables cabinet.

Disposable gloves are available next to the first aid cabinet, at the top of the stairs where you enter the building.

Design Studio Spray Booths,
149 York Street and 205 Park Street

149 Spray Booth: safety glasses, gloves and disposable respirators are stored on the wall to the left of the spray booth.

205 Spray Booth: Safety glasses, gloves and disposable respirators are stored on the wall to the left of the spray booth.

Paint Shop, 149 York Street

Safety glasses and hearing protection are stored on the outside wall of the paint charge's office, next to their tool storage. Gloves are stored on the center table area. Hard hats are stored on the faux fireplace mantle outside of the paint charge's office.

Where can I buy Safety Toe Shoes?

Each student shall own, and wear as appropriate, a pair of metallic or non-metallic safety toe work shoe or boot that complies with CSA Green Triangle Grade 1, or with ASTM F2413- 18 I/C PR. Such protective footwear shall have both toe protection and puncture resistant rating.

The Safety Office brings a Safety Toe Shoe Truck to campus for Orientation each year to offer students the chance to purchase their protective shoewear right here on campus.

Otherwise, safety toe shoes can be purchased at Work 'N Gear stores, or at these various companies:
www.shoesforcrews.com

www.workingperson.com

www.safeshoes.com

Often times, some graduating students may be willing to part with their lightly used protective shoewear.

Relevant Legislature

OSHA 1910 General Industry, Requirements for PPE

OSHA 1910.132(a) - General Requirements

o “Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environmental, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.”

OSHA 1910.133(a)(1) - Eye and face protection

o “The employer shall ensure that each employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.”

o 1910.133(b)(1) Protective eye and face protection devices must comply with any of the following consensus standards: ANSI Z87.1-2003; ANSI Z87.1-1989 (R-1998); ANSI Z87.1-1989.

OSHA 1910.135(a)(1) - Head protection

o “The employer shall ensure that each affected employee wears a protective helmet when working in areas where there is a potential for injury to the head from falling objects.”

o 1910.135(a)(2)-“The employer shall insure that a protective helmet designed to reduce electrical shock hazard is worn by each such affected employee when near exposed electrical conductors which could contact the head.”

o 1910.135(b)(1) Head protection must comply with any of the following consensus standards: ANSI Z89.1-2003; ANSI Z89.1-1997; ANSI Z89.1-1986.

o OSHA 1926.100(a) “Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets.”

OSHA 1910.136(a) - Foot protection

o “The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses protective footwear when working in areas where there is a danger of foot injuries due to falling or rolling objects, or objects piercing the sole, and where such employee’s feet are exposed to electrical hazards.”

o 1910.136(b)(1) Protective footwear must comply with any of the following consensus standards: ASTM F-2412-2005; ASTM F-2413-2005; ANSI Z41-1999; ANSI Z41-1991.

OSHA 1910.138(a) - Hand protection

o “Employers shall select and require employees to use appropriate hand protections when employees’ hands are exposed to hazards such as those from skin absorptions of harmful substances; severe cuts or lacerations; severe abrasions; punctures; chemical burns; thermal burns; and harmful temperature extremes.”

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