7 Personal Safety Equipment
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7 Personal Safety Equipment

 The use of personal safety equipment should always be seen as a last resort, only to be adopted when all else has failed. As regards exhaust gases, the practical possibilities are limited, since all of the pollutants contained in the emissions are difficult to filter out, which generally rules out the use of masks and the like. Consequently, if the problem is to be solved using personal safety equipment, breathing apparatus must be used. Such apparatus is inconvenient in practice because the oxygen must come either from cylinders carried or worn on the back of the user or through a hose.

Parent topic: Part 2 - Operational Recommendations for Minimizing Air Pollution in Ro-Ro Cargo Spaces
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