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OSHA issues final rule on employer-paid personal protective equipment
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November 14, 2007
In an announcement yesterday, OSHA made it explicit that employers generally must pay for personal protective equipment (PPE) needed to safeguard workers.
The agency published a final rule on employer-paid PPE, which was scheduled to appear in today's Federal Register. "Under the rule, all PPE, with a few exceptions, will be provided at no cost to the employee," OSHA said.
Many OSHA standards that hospitals deal with already mandate that employers pay for PPE (e.g., the bloodborne pathogens and formaldehyde standards).
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