OSHA 29 CFR 1910.132 requires every employer to assess workplace hazards and certify the PPE selected to control them. Check the hazards present in your task below and this tool builds your required-PPE list with the right standard for each — ready to print for your written certification.
How to use this assessment
Walk each job task and check every hazard a worker could be exposed to — eyes, head, hearing, lungs, hands, body, and falls. The tool maps each hazard to the controlling PPE and the consensus standard (ANSI/ISEA, NIOSH). Print the result, add the date, your facility, and the assessor’s name, and keep it as your written hazard-assessment certification under 1910.132(d).
Two of the hazards link to our free sizing tools: the Hearing Protection NRR Calculator for noise, and the Respirator Cartridge Selector for airborne contaminants.
Educational aid for hazard identification only. It does not replace a competent-person walkthrough, air or noise monitoring, or task-specific engineering controls. PPE is the last line of defense in the hierarchy of controls. Standards referenced: OSHA 29 CFR 1910.132 (general PPE), 1910.133 (eye/face), 1910.135 (head), 1910.95 (noise), 1910.134 (respiratory), Subpart I & ANSI/ISEA.
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Built and reviewed by the WC Safety editorial team (Steven Eaton). We curate and review industrial PPE against ANSI, NIOSH and OSHA standards.