Which department is responsible for tracking and distributing the personal protective equipment in your organization?

We distribute it uniformly from the warehouse, and each workshop department picks it up on their own

Why go and collect it? ? Do each workshop create its own tables? Or should each workshop pick it up using the unified form from the Safety and Environment Department?

I’m not very clear about the specific process. It’s all electronic processes now. After finishing walking. Then you can go and collect it. Everything there, from notifications to approvals, is done online.

There is a unified process, with no randomness left

We are in charge of managing personal protective equipment within the Human Resources department, as HR has access to the most up-to-date information on staff distribution and numbers. However, the selection of personal protective equipment is the responsibility of the Safety Department, including the choice of brands.

The security department is only responsible for the brand, which is good

Warehouse statistics and distribution are handled there, while the workshops pick it up themselves, but the security department must sign off

Our approach is that, in addition to the essential personal protective equipment (safety helmets and work uniforms), the Health, Safety, and Environment department determines the types of protective equipment that should be provided and their replacement cycles based on the risks present at the site and relevant regulatory requirements. In previous years, it was the various departments that submitted their requirements; the Safety and Environment Department would make the overall plans, the Supply Department would handle the procurement, while the Quality Control and Safety and Environment Departments would jointly inspect the goods before they were stored. The departments would then retrieve and distribute the items according to the lists of requirements they had submitted, keeping records in doing so. Later, in the past two years, with the delegation of authority, each department has been able to determine the number of items needed based on its own actual circumstances, plan purchases, and handle the distribution process. Apart from the requirements related to inspection and record-keeping, each department is free to make its own decisions in order to meet the needs on site. The Safety and Environment Department is responsible for administrative and logistical matters, as well as the provision of personal protective equipment and emergency supplies for emergency preparedness. Another task of this department is to organize the distribution of work uniforms in a unified manner.

Labor protection equipment must not only be ensured to be available but also arbitrary use of it should be controlled. It means that the necessary protection measures must not be lacking, nor should they be wasted. Of course, if one really wants to reduce the amount of protective equipment used, it’s necessary to focus on intrinsic safety first!