Guys bringing in their own ppe is not an option as stated by OSHA regulation. If you want to mess with that by all means go right ahead. I cut this from the following website.
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=FEDERAL_REGISTER&p_id=20094
[Federal Register: November 15, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 220)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 64341-64430]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr15no07-22]
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Part III
Department of Labor
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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29 CFR Parts 1910, 1915, 1917 et al.
Employer Payment for Personal Protective Equipment; Final Rule
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
29 CFR Parts 1910, 1915, 1917, 1918 and 1926
[Dockets S-042 (OSHA docket office) and OSHA-S042-2006-0667
(regulations.gov)]
[RIN No. 1218-AB77]
Employer Payment for Personal Protective Equipment
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Final Rule.
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SUMMARY: Many Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
health, safety, maritime, and construction standards require employers
to provide their employees with protective equipment, including
personal protective equipment (PPE), when such equipment is necessary
to protect employees from job-related injuries, illnesses, and
fatalities. These requirements address PPE of many kinds: hard hats,
gloves, goggles, safety shoes, safety glasses, welding helmets and
goggles, faceshields, chemical protective equipment, fall protection
equipment, and so forth. The provisions in OSHA standards that require
PPE generally state that the employer is to provide such PPE. However,
some of these provisions do not specify that the employer is to provide
such PPE at no cost to the employee. In this rulemaking, OSHA is
requiring employers to pay for the PPE provided, with exceptions for
specific items. The rule does not require employers to provide PPE
where none has been required before. Instead, the rule merely
stipulates that the employer must pay for required PPE, except in the
limited cases specified in the standard.
DATES: This final rule becomes effective on February 13, 2008. The
final rule must be implemented by May 15, 2008.
