VSC Employees who work in and around VSC Shop and Warehouse facilities moving equipment and material, performing equipment repairs on products, materials, or warehouse structures, or who operate forklifts, must wear PPE appropriate for each procedure.
| PPE | Requirements |
| Hard Hats | Required when retrieving or moving items by hand from storage shelving, from bins or moving stacked materials where loose items can potentially fall from overhead. |
| Eye/Face Protection | Safety Glasses must be worn when completing tasks or operating equipment that has the potential for eye injury due to falling objects or debris, projectiles, or airborne particles.Goggles with Face Shield must be worn when cutting, grinding, drilling or working around splash hazards.Performing Hot Work – wear eye protection and/or shields specifically designed to protect against the generatedhazard(s). Prescription Lenses If employees wear prescription lenses, protection shall be afforded as follows: Wear eye protection equipment over the prescription lenses without disturbing the proper position of the prescription lenses. Per OSHA, VSC will provide the eye protection equipment. This may include goggles or face shield.Use prescription lensed safety glasses. In accordance with OSHA requirements, employees who select this option are responsible for the expense to purchase the prescription safety glasses, which shall be safety rated lenses with sideshields. |
| Hand Protection | Type 2 cut resistant work gloves when handling materials with sharp or pointed edges. |
| Safety Vest | Wear a reflective safety vest for optimal visibility when acting as a spotter duringmaterial handling operations. |
| Fall Protection | When retrieving, stocking or arranging materials in overhead storage areas of elevated shelving, mezzanine floor or decking not equipped with handrails, fall protection must be worn as outlined in Appendix D. Fall Protection Safety Policy. |
| Protective Footwear | Steel or composite safety toed, over the ankle construction shoes (boots).Never permitted: Tennis shoes, soft-sided loafer style shoes or open-toed style shoes. |
| Additional Requirements | Forklift Operator: Must wear PPE outlined in this PPE document as well as anyadditional PPE identified in Appendix I. Forklift Safety Policy.Performing Fire Extinguisher charging or other charging services, employees must comply with PPE requirements outlined for VSC Fire Extinguisher/Range Hood Technicians.Construction Site presence – when employees are on a construction site to deliveror unload material, they must follow PPE requirements established by the GC or Owner.Delivering/Unloading material to an industrial or manufacturing facility, employees will comply, at minimum, with the PPE requirements in place at that facility, as long as the requirements do not violate applicable OSHA regulations. |