Chapter 5
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Good Practices The following part of the document considers good work practices and appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) that together are intended to avoid inhalation of, and skin and eye contact with, SPF chemicals, for applicators, helpers, occupants, and adjacent workers. The protection of the health and safety of workers is covered by several European Directives. Under those Directives, all employers evaluate all the risks and hazards to which their workers are or may be exposed and provide preventive and protective measures in order to avoid those risks. Operations that take place in temporary and mobile construction sites, such as those that are typical of SPF installations, are specifically covered by Directive 92/57/CEE “Implementation of minimum safety and health requirements at temporary or mobile construction sites�. In this document, full compliance of the construction site with the requirements of the Directive is assumed. Advice and suggestions on the protection of the health and safety of SPF workers are given here below, with the intention of helping employers and workers to achieve the maximum level of protection and prevention. It is the full responsibility of employers to enforce all the legally binding requirements that are set forth in European and National legislation.