As of February 15, 2008, OSHA requires the employer to pay for Personal Protective Equipment. The following are a few examples of the PPE required in the lodging industry: Face shields, visors, goggles, hard hats, reusable gloves; protective aprons, gowns and head cover for handling blood borne pathogens; air‐support face masks where chemicals such as ammonia or chlorine might require an engineer’s intervention.
