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PPE

Meaning in industrial engineering & manufacturing, with examples

abbreviationCore term

In industrial engineering & manufacturing, PPE means: Short for personal protective equipment: safety glasses, gloves, helmets, ear protection, safety shoes and other gear that protects workers from hazards.

In Turkish: kişisel koruyucu donanım, KKD

How it is used

Seen on signs and in safety briefings everywhere in a plant. Workers wear PPE, and supervisors check that the required PPE is worn in each area. PPE is the last line of defense: first remove or control the hazard itself.

Example sentences

  1. PPE is mandatory beyond this point: safety glasses, hearing protection and steel-toe shoes.

  2. Visitors must collect their PPE at the security gate.

Common collocations

  • wear PPE
  • required PPE
  • PPE check
  • PPE is mandatory
  • hazardAnything that could cause harm, injury or ill health, such as moving machine parts, chemicals, noise, electricity or a wet floor.
  • risk assessmentA careful review of a task or area to find the hazards, judge how likely and how serious harm would be, and decide what controls are needed.
  • machine guardingPhysical barriers and safety devices, such as fixed covers, interlocked doors and light curtains, that keep people away from the dangerous moving parts of machines.
  • near missAn unplanned event that could have caused injury or damage but did not, such as a box falling from a rack where someone had just been standing.

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