(1)
Read the following text and fill in the gaps. Use the words given in a box:
| important protect protective environment injury |
“Personal (1) __________ equipment” (PPE) means practically the same as the term “safety equipment” (SE). It refers to protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garment* designed to (2) __________ the person's body from (3) __________ by electrical hazards, heat, chemicals, infection, etc … .
PPE can also be used to protect the working (4) ___________ from pesticide application, pollution or infection from the worker (for example in a microchip factory). The protection may be also (5) __________ in other spheres, such as medicine, for example. *garment=piece of clothing
(2)
Read the text and match the headings to its parts (A, B, … E):
| Goggles A helmet Safety Boots Ear defenders A boiler suit |
Read the same text and fill in the gaps. Use the words given in boxes:
Part A _______________________
| plastic protect injuries used metal made |
It is a form of protective gear that people wear on the head to protect it from (1) __________ . It’s a variation of a hat. The oldest known use of helmets was by Assyrian soldiers in 900BC, who wore thick leather or bronze helmets to (2) __________ the head from sword blows and arrows. In the 2000s, soldiers still wear helmets, now often made from Kevlar rather than (3) __________ , to protect the head from bullets.
In civilian life, helmets are (4) __________ for recreational activities and sports (e.g., jockeys in horse racing, American football, ice hockey, cricket, and rock climbing); dangerous work activities (e.g., construction, mining); and transportation (e.g., Motorcycle helmets and bicycle helmets).
Helmets were originally (5) ____________ of metal, then fiberglass. Since the 1990s, most helmets are made of resin or (6) __________ .
| engineers transparent yellow eyes objects hard hat sites |
Hard hats may also be fitted with a visor (as in a welding helmet). It is made of (7) __________ material and let a person look through it without problems and protect his or her (8) __________ at one and the same time.
A (9) __________ is a type of helmet usually used in workplace environments, such as building (10) __________ , to protect the head from injury by falling (11) __________ , bad weather and electric shock. A hard hat issued by a firm may have that firm's name or some word or logo on its front.
The colour of a hard hat can signify different roles on building sites. For instance, white might signify supervisors or (12) __________ , blue - technical advisors, red - safety inspectors, and (13) __________ - labourers.
In 1997 the American National Standards Institute revised its standards for hard hats.
Part B ________________________
| jeans clothing boiler suits newspaper tools protective |
This is a type of garment which is usually used as protective (14) __________ when working. Some people call it a "pair of overalls" by analogy with "pair of trousers" (or an “overall” in American English).
The term “overall” has been known since 1792. The term “boiler suit” appeared first on the 28th of October 1928 in the Sunday Express (15) ___________ . In the beginning of the 20th century, overalls came in as (16) __________ garments for mechanics in the USA. Women wore overalls in factories in England during the First World War in 1916. Suitable overalls were required for all workers employed in the factory. During the Spanish Civil War, the Communist soldiers used (17) __________ as their uniform. Early aeronauts also wore specially designed one-piece suits. In the 1930s, overalls were used as comfortable children's clothes. After W.W.II, many athletes also admitted the advantages of overalls. Overalls have sometimes been items of fashion, in the 1960s and 1970s – especially made of (18) __________ .
A boiler suit (or an overall) is usually made of denim or any other strong material and often has large pockets for different (19) __________ . It is a one-piece garment. It may be fastened with buttons or a zipper. Today overalls has become clearly work clothes.