Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
If health impairments cannot or cannot completely be excluded by technical or organizational measures, the employer must provide employees with reasonable and effective personal protective equipment.
Personal protective equipment either protects health or prevents accidents in the workplace.
Health protection equipment must provide protection against gradual poisoning, penetration of toxins through the skin, uncomfortable heat or cold, exposure to the elements when working outdoors, etc.
Protective equipment against accidents must protect against blows, great heat, fire, cuts, electric shocks, falls and drowning.
Health protective equipment also includes work clothes necessary because of the work (for example, rain gear when working outdoors). Personal protective equipment is provided by the employer. However, protecting oneself against seasonal climatic conditions (sweaters in winter, etc.) is up to the individual.