Personal protective equipment
Personal protective equipment (PPE) refers to protective
clothing,
helmets,
goggles, or other
gear designed to protect the wearer's body or
clothing from
injury by electrical hazards, heat,
chemicals, and infection, for job-related
occupational safety and health purposes, and in
sports,
martial arts,
combat, etc. is combat-specialized protective gear.
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Personal Protective Equipment
Clothing and equipment worn by pesticide mixers, loaders and applicators and re-entry workers, hazmat emergency responders, workers cleaning up Superfund sites, et. al., which is worn to reduce their exposure to potentially hazardous chemicals and other pollutants.