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beast5680:
where i work the company supply all our ppe (personal protective equipment) such as goggles,hard hat, gloves of various descriptions,welding protection, hi vis gear waterproofs and overalls but they say they do not have to supply safety boots [-X is this right? is a company not obliged to supply safety boots? seeing as we,re not allowed to work if not wearing them i find this odd :-k anyone with any experience of this?
what i find strange is that they say they have to supply hard hats but not boots??? so someting can fall on my head but not my feet

tack43:
We get steel toed boots or shoes in the ambulance service as our PPE.

Rich

crazymac:
In the Coastguard we are supplied with out steel toe cap boots.

Its as the name says PPE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT!!

boss:
HSWA states that you must be provided ALL forms of PPE that is needed in your place of work. you are well within your right to take them to court over this.
i started my new job and for the first 2 weeks i was using my own boots becasue they had not provided any for me. first day of my third week i refused to where my own boots and low and behold some boots appeared! amazing that


i am fresh out of college and am still doing HS courses so any other questions ask away orrrrrr

contact graham heeley here
http://www.safetymen.co.uk/

just done 4 courses with him and he knows his stuff

hope that helps



boss

beast5680:
what i need to know is if they are legally obliged to provide safety footwear that is fit for the job i do, they do provide a safety shoe for the car division which is fine for them as they work on a nice clean workshop floor, as i,m in the agricultural division i work mainly on site eg farms etc and my argument is the shoe is not fit for what i do, we often work in wet,mud,uneven ground etc where there is a risk of stuff falling on your foot or the risk of treading on something sharp

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