Question of the week - what does Regulation 9(3) of the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 say, and does your company actually follow it?
Negative points for anyone who says "there isn't a part 3". There is no spoon. There is always a part 3.
And the answer is
9(3) says "Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1) the employer shall, where appropriate, and at suitable intervals, organise demonstrations in the wearing of personal protective equipment."
It was added to the PPE at Work Regulations by paragraph 5 of the Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002, which also added some extra text required for ergonomics. Very few people noticed as the main Regulations linked above don't mention the changes, and so you can count on one hand the number of companies who run PPE "demonstrations". They're pretty pointless for something like washing-up gloves, but for a harness they can be life-saving as a two or three year training ticket is easily long enough for people to pick up bad habits or forget things.
