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A short article on the importance of safety equipment.


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As the video showed, a weapon malfunction happens when you either, A: Don't expect it or B: Don't know what your doing. Also, a combination of the two makes it more likely and more dangerous to others. One step to protect yourself from these events is a small one indeed, just wear your protection. Whether you are in a shop, gunfight, or cross country ride on horseback basic PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) is your first line of defense against injury, some of which can be very painful.

Basic PPE is pretty simple and easy to come by if you know how, what, and where (these are the golden answers btw). This set of protection (usually by industry or military standards) is Safety Glasses, Ear plugs, Gloves, and Good boots. Most of which are cheap and easy to come by.

Eye wear

Safety glasses come in ranges from just a couple bucks to hundreds of dollars. The easiest glasses to get would be regular construction safety glasses from your local hardware store, these will fully protect your eyes in any type of situation but can be uncomfortable to wear. Then on the upper range Oakley sells purpose made shooting glasses for combat that run in the hundreds range. In basic training we were issued E.S.S. glasses (pictured below). An alternative to this is helmets with face shields. Types that I think would be useful are: Moto X helmets, good paint ball masks, ski type goggles (some also designed for the military), and gas masks (full face or half face with separate eye protection). Since the infection seems to be fundamentally transferred with body fluids I would recommend having access to full face protection along the lines of a gas mask w/bio filters.

E.S.S. ice shooting glasses

Gloves

Gloves are better protection than you think. They keep you from skinning your hands from falling, take most of the pain out of slamming your fingers with a wrench, and even help prevent frostbite. Most Don't even think of gloves for things like biking, paint ball, or just working on their car but they can help keep your fingers safe and functional through a lot of accident. Good gloves can be bought at any Auto Zone, which will usually have a large selection of the Mechanix brand gloves which are like $20 bucks. You could try local hunting shops and wal-mart <~hate, hisssss~.

Tactical Glove

Ear Plugs

Earplugs are something that was discussed recently are pretty simple. With flange ear plugs the number of flanges denotes the levels of protection (presumably). This is done by having 1 to 5 flanges that seals the ear canal and prevents the sound from reaching the ear drum. The army Issues 3 flange, I recommend having at least 4. Then you have your little disposable foam ones, which come in a lot of shapes sizes and colors. With theses the decibel protection level should be listed some where on the box or package they come in. Last but not least, you have earmuff style hearing protection, these usually offer the most protection but are very uncomfortable and bulky to me. Wal-Mart, Drug stores, Hunting stores, and any construction type store will probly have some kinds.

Different types of hearing protection

Boots

Good boots can be hard to come by, I'm lucky enough to have my winter boots if any one knows what I mean. Most people only have acess to tennis shoes or basket ball shoes from what I see. This tells me that most people don't think about protecting their feet, but drop something heavy on them and tell me you still wouldn't think about it. Boots come in a variety from hiking to combat; steel toe to no reinforcement. You should be able to get some steel toe hiking boots from any PayLess, I'd try to go for a cammo pattern synthetic combat knockoff personally but there are many different varietys to choose from. On the flip side, Combat boots which are designed for one thing, obviously. The only place I think you could get a good deal on some good ones is on the internet. Theres every thing from general issue to paratrooper boots, and some outside company's produce their own variations.

Zamverlan Master GT Hiking boots
nike-combat-boots
Souljia, where's yoe E.S.S. glasses at? - Zombie Survival & Defense Wiki
shop safety is easy; wear eye protection, wear gloves when necessary, and use hearing protection when you need to.
Safety always has and always will be just plain common sense. If it doesn't feel safe 9/10 times its not, so use your own judgment.
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There are a few more things than that if you are in a real shop;

steel toe boots, if any thing over 30 pounds is being lifted any where around your feet steel toes are a good consideration.

Gloves can get caught in spinning machinery like a drill, or drill press, so don't wear them when using that kind of equipment.

when using an angle grinder you should use some sort of face shield just in case.

when lifting heavy stuff, especially if you aren't used to it, grab some help. You'll get the job done faster that way any
way
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OSHA regulations state that:
bench grinders should only be used if they have a stable flat surface at least 1/8 of an inch (If I remember right) from the grinding wheel. (the little metal shelf infront of the wheel, it prevents your work from being trapped between the wheel and wheel housing)
the current ratings for safety glasses is ANSI z.85 I think but the easiest way is to just go to lowes and ask a guy that works in that department.
(I'll add more as I think about it)
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