Legislation in the field of labor protection establishes that the employer must provide its employees with special protective clothing and means, as well as arrange for the provision of employees with flushing and (or) neutralizing agents.

What is the basis for providing workers with PPE

The provision of PPE for employees is regulated by several documents at once:

• intersectoral rules for providing employees with PPE, approved by order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development dated June 1, 2009 No. 290n - they establish general rules, which should guide the employer when issuing PPE;
• standard norms for the free issue of overalls are not one document. Each sector of the economy and types of work has its own rules. For example, by order of the Ministry of Labor dated December 9, 2014 No. 997n, standard norms for cross-cutting professions were established. As a rule, they are guided by enterprises whose employees who need PPE are not employed in the main activity of the enterprise (loaders, watchmen, janitors);
• standard norms for the issuance of free flushing agents, approved on December 17, 2010, by order No. 1122n - they contain a list of works and substances, when working with which workers are required to flush and neutralize agents.

The employer buys all protective equipment, substances and clothing at his own expense, he has the right to deduct these amounts from employees only in one case, when the employee, upon dismissal, does not hand over overalls, the service life of which has expired. The amount is not retained in full, but in proportion to depreciation. If the worker handed over the clothes, then it is forbidden to deduct its value.

The employer has the right not to acquire, but to rent protective equipment.

Providing workers with personal protective equipment

In addition to the above regulations, the issuance of workwear at the enterprise will be regulated by special assessment cards for working conditions. This is especially true in cases where the full-time position differs from those given in the standard norms, and the work performed involves the issuance of PPE.

Issuance of overalls to employees

Personal protective equipment is issued to employees who are required to have it. Otherwise, it will be a violation of labor laws.

Workwear issued to employees includes:

• special suits and jackets that protect workers from the effects of negative factors. They can be simply cotton or with a special coating;
• safety shoes;
• protective mittens and gloves.

All of them must have a certificate of conformity provided by the supplier. Please note that the certificate has an expiration date and it is impossible to purchase clothes whose certification period has expired.

Personal protective equipment includes:

• respiratory protection (respirators, masks, etc.);
• protective glasses;
• protective helmets;
• protective belts, fastenings and ladders;
• others protective devices(dielectric mats, dielectric gloves, etc.)

All protective equipment must also be certified. The shelf life of funds, most often, is expressed not in terms of time, but out of service.

Some protective equipment must be verified, for example, dielectric devices (mats, gloves) and means for working at height (fastenings, stepladders).

Issuance of washing and neutralizing agents

The issuance of soap and disinfectants is determined not by the title of the position, but by the type of work and the substances that are used.

Washing and protective substances include:

• protective agents (creams and emulsions that protect the skin);
• washing agents (soap, special substances for washing water-insoluble substances);
• disinfectants (sprays, aerosols and antibacterial liquids).

All products must also be certified, including solid soap.

Workwear issuance sheet: form

The issuance of overalls to employees must be documented.

In this case, two types of documents are drawn up:

1. a document that reflects the movement of overalls at the enterprise (forms MB-2, MB-4, MB-7, MB-8);
2. a document that reflects the provision of the necessary set of overalls for a particular employee (personal PPE record card).

The first document is used for the needs of accounting, most often they use the MB-7 form (at the link you will find an example of filling out and a form form), it contains a list of workers who received overalls, its name and characteristics. The signature of the recipient of the PPE is put. This document is maintained at the discretion of the accounting department, that is, movement accounting can be carried out in other forms of documents.

Personal PPE accounting card is a mandatory document. It is kept separately for each employee and is kept by the head of the workshop, department or by the employee responsible for labor protection at the enterprise. The card has two parts. On the front side all the data of the employee are indicated, and what kind of overalls he is entitled to.

The reverse side indicates the overalls that he actually has.

The procedure for providing employees with PPE is regulated by law. Overalls are purchased at the expense of the employer and are issued to employees free of charge. Accounting and provision of overalls must be documented, in particular in the PPE accounting card.

Many professions involve the use of special protective equipment without which the employee risks not only his health, but also his life. Therefore, the employer has an obligation to provide his subordinates with such means, and the employee has the obligation to use them at work.

What is personal protective equipment

The personal protective equipment (PPE) of subordinates is the equipment that is used in order to prevent Negative influence production factors. PPE is used primarily for work related to various pollution, high temperatures and harmful conditions. The employer is obliged to purchase personal protective equipment at his own expense and issue them to his employees as needed.

Personal protective equipment can be divided into three groups:

• overalls and footwear. This list includes various protective overalls, gowns, boots, etc.
• Technical means. They include respirators, masks, gas masks, vibration protection gloves, safety belts, etc.
• Personal hygiene products. First of all, they are necessary for protection against pollution and chemicals.

The procedure for providing employees with personal protective equipment

The issuance of personal protective equipment is carried out on the basis of the Intersectoral Rules. They were put into action Order Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation. These Intersectoral regulations contain all the necessary norms And requirements to provide employees with protective equipment. At the same time, everyone is obliged to obey this order. organization regardless of the form of ownership.

All PPE issued to subordinates must comply with required dimensions, gender, height, etc. There is also instruction, according to which the employer is obliged to keep records of the funds issued and control their issuance.

The responsibilities of the company's management include control for the timing of the use of personal protective equipment, as many of them have a limited shelf life.

rules provide that the calculation of the period begins from the day the employees are actually provided with protective equipment. And in no case should they exceed the terms contained in the Model norms. The employer does not have the right to extend the time of using overalls or other means due to the fact that the employee is on sick leave. Instruction implies that the issuance and return of protective equipment must be recorded in the personal cards of employees.

Organization of providing employees with personal protective equipment

Providing workers with personal protective equipment carried out on the basis of a number of normative documents. Among them is also Instruction about the provision. Requirements of this document are primarily that managers are required to make requests for all necessary protective equipment to the logistics department. These applications must necessarily indicate the number of subordinates in need of personal protective equipment, as well as the size of special equipment in accordance with GOSTs.

As soon as PPE appears in the warehouse, distribution to employees begins. In addition, all personal protective equipment is checked for compliance with quality, which is reflected in a special act. As mentioned above, issuance is regulated by Model norms. Control this procedure is carried out by the labor protection service.

All personal protective equipment is the property of the employer.

Therefore, they are allowed to be used only to perform labor functions. In addition, there are certain requirements for the return of equipment. The subordinate is obliged to return the issued overalls and other means upon dismissal, transfer to another position, etc.

If the provision overalls and other means did not occur within the prescribed period, employees have the right to purchase them at their own expense. But the company is obliged to reimburse these costs. If there was damage or destruction of protective equipment by an employee, then their cost may be recovered from the culprit. But the amount of the penalty cannot exceed the average salary of the employee.

Rules for providing workers with personal protective equipment

Order The Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation put into effect Intersectoral regulations, which are an important legal document regulating labor relations. It contains the required regulations And requirements concerning the storage, application, issuance and use of all personal protective equipment.

In accordance with these rules, developed order issuance of overalls and other protective equipment to employees. In other words, the employer is obliged to provide his employees with personal protective equipment. The basis for this is usually the results of the evaluation of subordinates.

Such certification is carried out in the manner prescribed by the order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 569.

All protective equipment for workers must comply with standards. However, employers have the right to change one type of funds for another, but only with the permission of the relevant representative bodies. However, this type of PPE should provide equivalent protection. Besides, rules allow heads of enterprises to use protective equipment of foreign production, as well as equipment rented. This is possible under the following conditions:

• there is a declaration confirming that the funds meet all safety requirements;
• if necessary, there must be a conclusion of the sanitary and epidemiological service.

Register of employees to be provided with personal protective equipment

Order The Ministry of Health and Social Development provides order keeping records of the issuance of personal protective equipment. This is the so-called register of workers. To do this, the company has special cards for employees, subject providing protective equipment. The form of this internal document was established by Position issued to Order No. 290.

A personal card is issued when an employee starts working at the enterprise. Also, a card can be issued upon transfer to a new position, if previous duties did not require its presence. This document must list all personal protective equipment that is issued to a particular employee. In addition, the card contains data on what happened to each specific thing in the future.

In fact, a personal card is a way of accounting for all protective equipment on the balance sheet of an enterprise, as well as registry workers who use them to carry out labor functions.

At the same time, in addition to personal protective equipment accounting cards, there is a concept collective cards. She is also called the attendant. Individual cards must contain all norms issuance of special equipment, as well as the terms of their use.

The issuance of protective equipment is an important part labor relations, so it cannot be neglected. Moreover, the use of special equipment depends on both parties, as well as responsibility for violating the established rules. Therefore, if the employer does not have special equipment, subject issued to employees, they may refuse to do their job. But if the protective equipment was received, the subordinate is obliged to use them. Otherwise, in case of any threats to life and health, it is the employee who will be to blame.

Question from a visitor

What kind regulations determine PPE requirements? what PPE must comply with so that we say “yes-this workwear is certified»?

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Order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation of 06/01/2009 N 290n (as amended on 01/27/2010) "On approval of the Intersectoral Rules for Providing Workers with Special Clothing, Special Footwear and Other Personal Protective Equipment" (Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on 09/10/2009 N 14742)
5. The provision of PPE to employees, including those purchased by the employer for temporary use under a lease agreement, is carried out in accordance with the model norms for the free issue of special clothing, special footwear and other personal protective equipment (hereinafter referred to as the model norms), duly certified or declared conformity, and on the basis of the results of attestation of workplaces in terms of working conditions, carried out in the prescribed manner.

8. The issuance of PPE to employees, including foreign-made, as well as special clothing that is temporarily used by the employer under a lease agreement, is allowed only if there is a certificate or declaration of conformity confirming the compliance of the PPE issued with the safety requirements established by law, as well as the availability sanitary and epidemiological conclusion or certificate of state registration of dermatological PPE, issued in the prescribed manner.

Certification is carried out in the order established by the Rules carrying out certification of personal protective equipment, approved by the Decree of the State Standard of Russia dated 19.06.2000 N 34 "On the approval and implementation of the Rules for the certification of personal protective equipment"
(Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on July 28, 2000 N 2331).

Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 1, 2009 N 982 (as amended on March 4, 2013) “On approval of a single list of products subject to mandatory certification and a single list of products whose conformity is confirmed in the form of a declaration of conformity” approved single list products subject to mandatory certification, and a unified list of products, the confirmation of conformity of which is carried out in the form of a declaration of conformity.

Decision of the Commission of the Customs Union of 09.12.2011 N 878 (as amended on 13.11.2012) "On the adoption technical regulations Customs Union "On the safety of personal protective equipment"
(together with "TR TS 019/2011. Technical Regulations of the Customs Union. On the safety of personal protective equipment")
5.4. Confirmation of compliance of personal protective equipment with the requirements of this technical regulation of the Customs Union is carried out in the following forms:
1) declaration of conformity;
2) certification.

An exact interpretation of the concept of "personal protective equipment" is given. These are the means used by employees to prevent or reduce the impact of harmful and dangerous production factors on the body, as well as to protect against pollution.

These include overalls, footwear, etc., as well as flushing and neutralizing agents.

The rules for providing employees with personal protective equipment were approved by Order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development dated June 1, 2009 No. 290n (as amended on January 12, 2015).

In it you can find:

• issuance procedure;
• application rules;
• requirements for storage and care;
• issuance form.

Compliance with the requirements of this order is mandatory for the employer. On its basis, the organization can develop its own regulation on the provision of workers with personal protective equipment. The document should describe in detail the procedure for providing personal protective equipment to employees of the enterprise.

Issuance procedure

The duty of you-yes-chi PPE is no-no:

• if the enterprise has harmful and (or) dangerous factors that adversely affect employees;
• if workers perform their duties in a special tempo-pe-ra-tour-ny-x condition-vi-ya-x or in a polluted environment.

The responsibility for providing personal protective equipment at the enterprise lies entirely with the employer. Each employee is provided with personal protective equipment at the expense of the company. In order to save money, the director may not purchase new PPE, but take it for temporary use under a lease agreement. In any case, he does not have the right to take a penny from workers for issuing PPE.

When purchasing overalls, the employer must check the availability of certificates and declarations of conformity confirming its safety. The acquisition and issuance of items to employees that do not have these documents is not allowed.

Standard norms for the issuance of protective equipment by profession are contained in the Order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation dated 03.10.2008 No. 543n and other industry regulations. For example, the norms for issuing PPE in construction are contained in the Order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation dated April 20, 2006 No. 297, etc.

Overalls and special footwear are allocated according to the gender, size and character of the work of employees. At the end of the period of use, as well as in the event of damage, the worker must give the worker a new set.

The admission of employees to work without the PPE provided for in the Model Industry Standards, as well as with faulty ones, is strictly prohibited.

Storage

In addition to the above responsibilities, the employer must arrange for the timely repair and maintenance of PPE.

His duties include, among other things:

• chemical cleaner;
• deactivation;
• disinfection;
• obes-py-li-va-nie;
• re-montage and for-me-on funds for-shchi-you.

Ra-bo-so-da-te-lu is not obligatory-for-tel-but to make care on your own. He can conclude an agreement for the provision of necessary services with a specialized organization.

Storage must also be provided by the employer. To do this, he must-wife you-de-pour special-ci-al-noe in the room.

Accounting

The employer is obliged to organize proper accounting and control for the issued PPE. For this purpose, a personal card is created for each employee in the form indicated in the Attachment to Order 290n.

It contains the following information:

• date of issue;
• return date;
• percent from-no-sa;
• sub-pi-si ra-bot-no-ka and persons, from-responsible-no-go for accepting PPE from ra-bot-no-ka.

In addition, the director must monitor the provision of PPE employees at each workplace, as well as analyze their effectiveness. Control is carried out by comparing the actually issued items with the norms of issue. Compliance with the rules for providing PPE is checked (availability of a personal record card filled out in the prescribed manner). The assessment of the provision of workers with personal protective equipment is drawn up using a protocol.

Responsibility

Personal protective equipment is provided to all employees working in hazardous conditions. Failure to provide employees with personal protective equipment can turn into big troubles for the head of the company and penalties from regulatory authorities. The amount of the fine in case of failure to provide the employee with PPE will be:

• for officials and individual entrepreneurs - from 20,000 to 30,000 rubles;
• for or-ga-ni-za-tion - from 130,000 to 150,000 rubles. (part 4).

Express your opinion about the article or ask the experts a question to get an answer

The Labor Code of the Russian Federation quite clearly defines what means of protection should be in the enterprise. Many will say that sand, a shovel and a hook should be only in those buildings where work related to open fire is carried out, with high voltage and others hazards. This is a completely erroneous opinion. Protective equipment may be needed in any room. Even if you have an accounting company, and your employees don’t have any tools other than a pen, you still need to have primary protective equipment, a fire extinguisher, gas masks, etc. After all, even accountants use electricity that comes to offices through wiring, which can fail and ignite.

In a word, one should not argue about the need for this or that rule or regulation regarding the provision of an enterprise with personal protective equipment, it is most logical to simply take and fulfill them, thereby ensuring complete safety for yourself and your employees.

What is personal protective equipment

Personal protective equipment is certain devices that ensure the safety of workers under certain exposures of a harmful and dangerous nature, which can be short-term (due to accidents and incidents) and permanent (harmful working conditions).

Personal protective equipment primarily includes clothing special purpose, these are dressing gowns, hats, overalls, jackets and trousers, suits, mittens, sheepskin coats and sheepskin coats. Also, specialized clothing includes different kinds shoes, these are boots, galoshes, ordinary or dielectric, depending on the working conditions. Goggles, respirators, protective masks, gas masks, helmets, hard hats, and more are secondary protective equipment that are sometimes more important than clothing.

Each employee who is engaged in hazardous work, or works in special working conditions, must be given washing agents and disinfecting solutions. These include sometimes ordinary soap, which is issued to employees in a certain amount. For example, workers in the slaughterhouse of a poultry farm are supposed to be given 2 pieces of toilet and 1 piece laundry soap per month.

This is how it happens, but recently I witnessed that no soap was found in the office of the fighters. They washed away the blood and dirt with just water, and the soap was successfully carried home, as if it were a great jewel. As a result, salmonella entered the bloodstream of several employees through small cuts on the hands. Fortunately, doctors on a regular examination very quickly discovered this. Now there are video surveillance cameras in the locker rooms of the fighters so that clever comrades do not steal and use the personal protective equipment issued.

By the way, both clothes and shoes, which are issued according to safety regulations, are often taken out of the enterprise in the same way, taken to the country house and used there as work clothes. This is just a scourge of provincial (and not only) cities, so it is important not only to issue personal protective equipment, but also to check whether employees use them during work, and also to ensure that nothing is carried away from the territory of the enterprise.

The rules for the issuance and use of personal protective equipment can be studied independently, they are set out and approved on June 1, 2009 by the Order of the Ministry of Health and social development Russian Federation, document number 290. And here you will see a clear wording in them: legal and individuals, which are the owners of industries of any nature, regardless of the type of activity and form of ownership. The norms for issuing detergents or disinfectants can be seen in the Order of the same Ministry of Health and Social Development dated October 17, 2010, No. 1122n.

It is possible to finally approve the standards and schedules for the issuance of personal protective equipment after the certification of workplaces, which we have already talked about in our articles. Various areas activities, different character work requires issuance different means personal protection. By the way, the employer can make adjustments to the list of personal protective equipment, but not reduce it. Additions and minor changes are possible. At the same time, if a trade union operates in this industry, then it is necessary to coordinate the changes with it. Since the law provides only for the improvement of working conditions, trade unions, as a rule, agree to changes in the employer.

The enterprise must have a document that establishes the standards for issuing personal protective equipment, this is an order and a schedule for issuing. This document is always accompanied by rules on the use of PPE by an employee, the procedure for storage, as well as liability for damage or loss of the issued property. Each employee who is hired must be familiar with these rules, sign them in the prescribed manner and strictly comply. Upon receipt of new sets of protective equipment, he signs in the register.
For each employee, the OHS inspector creates a personal card, which indicates the height of the employee, his body, head, and leg measurements, as well as a set of personal protective equipment corresponding to the amount of work performed.

Public facilities must also be provided by the employer to their employees. These are signal clothing, for example - vests, a harness for insurance, a dielectric kit - gloves, galoshes, a rug, as well as goggles of all types, helmets, shields, in a word, everything that is determined by the certification of workplaces, and which can be used collectively, not all the time, as needed.

Responsibilities of the employer in terms of providing personal protective equipment

When purchasing personal protective equipment, the employer is obliged to check whether their mandatory certification has been carried out, whether they have passed tests, declarations, in accordance with all the rules, in accordance with the Federal Law “On Technical Regulation”. If such measures have not been taken, then there are two ways - to refuse such a batch of PPE or to conduct testing and certification on your own. Many choose the first option, but if the cost of the second option is significantly lower, then there are those who decide to carry out independent work. But there is a serious risk here, because it is not known whether the commission recognizes these PPE as fit for use.

The employer is obliged to organize a strict accounting of the issuance of personal protective equipment to its employees, in compliance with the deadlines of the schedule. The handover of those who have served is also carefully organized. special means. All property movements are recorded in cards that are filled out according to certain form, which can be found in the Appendix to the Rules, which we have already mentioned. The only indulgence that the law makes is that keeping cards is allowed in electronic form.

The employer is obliged to conduct regular briefings on the use of PPE for both new employees and permanent employees who have worked for a certain period. Briefings are also held for those who are hired temporarily or under a contract, whose activities are related to the use of personal protective equipment. At such briefings, employees are taught how to wear certain protective items, how to quickly put them on in critical cases, how to check the serviceability, what to do if the integrity of the protective equipment is violated or it becomes unusable.

And another important area in this work is the conduct of trainings on the use and use of personal protective equipment, that is, the practical development of skills. It is clear that it is not necessary to work out a dressing gown, but a respirator, a mask, glasses, galoshes, etc., are somewhat of a mystery to some, which is very surprising. Sometimes I had to observe rather absurd situations at such trainings. Someone took off their shoes to put on dielectric galoshes, someone took off their glasses with diopters to put on goggles and start working. Therefore, trainings are needed, and they have to explain the most elementary things. You need to be prepared for this, so that in the future, in a critical situation, your employee does not start doing outright stupid things, but with honor out of a difficult situation.

In addition to all of the above, the employer is obliged to issue, change and repair at his own expense the failed protective equipment even before the end of the planned operation. If PPE is lost due to reasons beyond the control of employees, then the employer is obliged to issue new ones (now it’s clear why video cameras are being installed?). Also, the owner of the enterprise is obliged to conduct tests, check the serviceability of protective equipment, after which a stamp is affixed, branded, with the date of work.

Care, storage, dry cleaning, degassing, washing, disinfection, decontamination, drying, dusting of personal protective equipment lies with the employer, that is, everything must be done by his forces and at his expense. For the smooth implementation of these measures, employees are issued a spare set of personal protective equipment immediately, and the period of their use in the documents is doubled. To carry out these activities, specialized companies are involved, which have all the resources to quality care for PPE.

In addition to everything listed above, employers are required to provide employees with wardrobe rooms where there are specially equipped places for storing protective equipment in accordance with all the rules. He is also obliged to ensure that all work at the enterprise is carried out using personal protective equipment if the employee violates this requirement, then he should be suspended from work with subsequent punishment. The same thing happens when using faulty PPE, contaminated, expired.

The employee, seeing these violations, must also take measures to preserve his health, that is, refuse to perform work, stating in writing the reason for the refusal. If such a fact is revealed, then the employer is obliged to eliminate the shortcomings and issue the employee with a new set of personal protective equipment, and only then require the performance of work.

E.Shchugoreva

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