Personal Protective Equipment PPE 2

Tuesday, 17.10.2017,
14:00 – 17:00
Ground Floor, Room 02

German-English simultaneously

Organizer:
German association of manufacturers of personal protective equipment (IVPS)
Personal Protective Equipment expert committee of the DGUV (German Social Accident Insurance Institution for the building trade)

Personal protective equipment (PPE) makes safe work possible at a great many hazardous workplaces at which collective protective measures cannot be implemented. The PPE must be suitable for the particular circumstances under which it is used, satisfy ergonomic requirements, and not give rise to new or additional hazards.
The ongoing development of working methods and environments continually presents the manufacturers of PPE, and also companies and users, with new challenges. The use of new materials and of smart and innovative approaches enables solutions to be developed that substantially enhance safety and the protection of health.
This event provides experts from the areas of product development, research, standardization, occupational safety and health, and the use of PPE by workers at work with practical information from the areas of PPE against falls from a height, protective clothing, protective headgear and protective footwear.

Uhrzeit Programm
Chair:
Prof. Karl-Heinz Noetel, PPE Expert Committee of the DGUV
Dr  Jördis Behling, IVPS
14:00 Introduction
Prof. Karl-Heinz Noetel, PPE Expert Committee of the DGUV
Dr  Jördis Behling, IVPS
14:15 Performance of work high above the ground: are your employees really adequately protected?
Uwe Reber, MSA Technologies
14:40 Hazardous substances in personal protective equipment: how „healthy“ must PPE be?
Corrado Mattiuzzo, Commission for Occupational Health and Safety and Standardization (KAN)
15:05 Break
15:20 Round or oval? Suitable helmets for every head type
Simone Morlock, Hohenstein Institut Textilinnovation
15:45 The Achilles‘ heel of safety footwear
Pascal van Ophoven, Emma safety Footwear
16:10 Retaining the protective function of protective clothing
Werner Münnich, WIRTEX
16:35 Questions and discussion
17:00 End