PURCHASING
EQUIPMENT
In
most cases, the employer must provide and pay
for workers' personal protective equipment required
by the company to do his or her job safely and
in compliance with the OSHA standards.
If
the equipment is very personal in nature and
is usable by the employees off the job, the
matter of payment may be left to labor-management
negotiations.
Examples
of personal protective equipment that would
not normally be used away from the worksite
include, but are not limited to welding gloves,
wire mesh gloves, respirators, hard hats, specialty
glasses and goggles (such as those designed
for laser or ultraviolet radiation protection),
specialty foot protection (such as metatarsal
shoes and linemen's shoes with build-in gaffs),
face shields and rubber gloves, blankets, cover-ups,
hot sticks and other live-line tools used by
power generation workers.
Examples
of personal protective equipment that is personal
in nature and often used away from the worksite
include non-specialty safety glasses, safety
shoes and cold-weather outer wear of the type
worn by construction workers. However, shoes
or outerwear subject to contamination by carcinogens
or other toxic or hazardous substances which
cannot be safely worn off-site must be paid
for by the employer.
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