It is my view that task associate with any risk should have a risk assessment done and if any risk is identified then a control measure should be put in place to manage identified risk so if this will be effective then it can equally be a PPE Hope to see others view that is what makes OH interesting Kind regards Patricia Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: "Sue Mann (TOC)" <[log in to unmask]> Sender: [log in to unmask] Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 11:25:40 To: <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Occupational Health mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] querie In a hurry as usual, doing talk to staff at 1pm today about sun damage and heat exposure - just a quick question, must the employer provide hats, sun cream, sun glasses to staff who work outside, or not! Thanks as always, Sue Sue Mann Occupational Health Manager JIC/IFR/TOC/TSL/TGAC Norwich BioScience Institutes Tel: 01603 450564 Fax: 01603 450029 ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH