Textile based personal protective equipment (PPE) is one of the fundamental needs for human beings, especially who are working in hazardous environment, namely firefighters, healthcare workers, and agricultural workers. PPE is also a second skin of human protecting wearers from occupational hazards such as flame, fire, viruses. This book focuses on personal protective clothing and equipment used by on-duty workers in various occupation. It comprehensively reviews the desired performances of the textile materials used in PPE for different occupations, design and sustainability aspects of the PPE. This review serves as a reference book for academic and industry product researchers of the PPE in those occupational areas. It addresses these key issues existing in the field of protective clothing and equipment in these identified fields and improvement that should be considered in developing state-of-the-art PPE for improved occupational health and safety to workers. In summary, the reader of this book could be academic researchers, industry product development team members, and graduate students across the world.
eBook - ePub
Handbook of Occupational Personal Protective Equipment
Textile-Based PPE
- 241 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub
Handbook of Occupational Personal Protective Equipment
Textile-Based PPE
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Contributing Authors
- 1âPersonal flotation devices and occupational hazards/risk by commercial fishers on the Mississippi gulf coast
- 2âBlood and body fluid protective materials
- 3âOil and gas industry workersâ protective textiles and clothing
- 4âBallistic and sharp weapon protective textiles and apparel
- 5âProtective garments for food processing workers
- 6âWildland firefightersâ protective textile and clothing
- 7âAdvancements in textile-based respiratory protective equipment for healthcare workers: efficacy, standards, and future directions
- 8âDevelopment of fibrous materials for personal protection against fumigants
- Index
- Subject Index
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