Personal Protective Equipment - PPE is any device or product, for individual use, used by the worker, intended to protect against risks capable of threatening their safety and health.

This type of equipment should only be used when it is not possible to take measures to eliminate risks from the environment in which the activity is carried out, that is, when collective protection measures are not feasible, efficient and sufficient to mitigate the risks. risks and do not offer complete protection against the risks of work accidents and/or professional and work-related illnesses.