New regulations address employer payment for personal protective equipment (PPE), which is any safety equipment or device that must be worn in the workplace to prevent worker injury, and institute new levels of fines.

Common examples of PPE include goggles, gloves, protective footwear, back belts, and ear plugs. To comply with PPE regulations, employers must survey their worksites to determine what type of PPE is needed, communicate those decisions to their workers, and provide the necessary equipment at no cost to the employee where required. The compliance deadline for all employers covered by OSHA regulations was May 15th, 2008. Failure to comply with OSHA regulations can result in fines up to $7,000 per violation. To help employers meet their obligations under OSHA's PPE regulations, including the new final rule, Personnel Concepts has introduced a comprehensive new PPE Compliance Kit that includes the following elements:

• A 75-page guidebook with plain language guidance, a compliance checklist, the text of the final rule, FAQs, and OSHA's existing PPE standards.
• A PPE Notification Poster to notify affected workers.
• 10 Worksite Hazard Analysis Forms
• 25 PPE Selection and Acknowledgment Forms