Exhibit 2, 241 FW 3, Recommended Protective Equipment, Fish and Wildlife Service Manual: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

	*Exhibit 2, 241 FW 3* *Recommended Protective Equipment*	FWM#: 442 (Supersedes Appendix 1, 241 FW 3, 03/24/92, FWM 018) Date: March 19, 2004 Series:Occupational Safety and Health Part 241: Safety Operations Originating Office: Division of Safety and Health
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If your job task is	Then we recommend you use
Airboat operations	Hearing protection and personal floatation devices for both the passenger and the operator and polarized sunglasses for the operator
Animal and plant health inspection service duties	Gloves and filtering face piece (FFP) e.g., dust mask*
ATV Operation	ANSI approved head protective helmet, appropriate gloves, eye protection (if helmet does not have a full face shield) and leather boots
Blasting	Hard hat, eye and hearing protection
Brush cutting using: ax, brush hook chainsaw circular saw (weed trimmer with blade)	Hard hat, shin guards, safety boots, eye protection, gloves Chaps, hard hat, eye and hearing protection, safety boots, gloves Hard hat, eye and hearing protection, safety boots, shin guards, chaps
Chemicals, use of	Eye protection to include splash resistant goggles, specific respirator for chemical in use*, rubber aprons, rubber gloves, face shield, eye wash as required that meets ANSI standards
Chipping	Eye and hearing protection, hard hat, gloves
Concrete and masonry work	Hard hat, glove, eye protection, respirator for cement and lime dust*, safety boots, gloves
Surveying	Hard hat (high visibility hard hat and vest during hunting season), eye protection, safety boots
Demolition	Hard hat, gloves, eye protection, safety boots, hearing protection and respirator for dust*
Electrofishing	Electrician gloves, personal flotation device, polarized sunglasses, waders
Excavation	Hard hat, safety boots, gloves, hearing protection
Fencing	Hard hat, gauntlet leather gloves or mittens, eye protection, safety boots
Firefighting and prescribed burning	Hard hat, fire-resistant shirts, fire shelter, eye protection, fire-resistant pants, gloves, hearing protection
Fish food and grain storage bin unloading operations	Static line, dust and fume respirator*
Girdling ("Little Beaver")	Hard hat, eye and hearing protection, safety boots, gloves
Grinding	Eye protection, face or full shield, hearing protection, safety boots
Hand-filing cutting tools, use of	Gloves, eye protection
Heavy equipment, motor graders, and bulldozer operation	Hard hat, hearing and eye protection, boots
Heavy equipment assistant	Hard hat, high visibility vest, hearing protection, gloves
Heavy equipment repair and maintenance	Safety boots, hearing and eye protection, gloves
Intake raceway	Foul weather gear, safety harness
Lawn mowing (motorized)	Hearing and eye protection, safety boots
Planting using: hand auger machine	Hard hat, eye protection, gloves safety boots Hard hat, hearing and eye protection, gloves, safety boots Hard hat, eye protection, gloves, safety boots
Pruning	Hard hat, eye protection, gloves, safety boots
Raceway operations	Ice cleats (inclement weather), waders, hearing protection
Remote operations	Portable radios and cell phones
Snowmobile operation	Safety sunglasses, face mask, protective helmet, snowsuit, snowmobile boots, gloves
Thinning with: ax hypo-hatchet tree injector	Hard hat, shin guards, eye protection, gloves, safety boots Eye protection, hard hat, gloves, safety boots Hard hat, eye protection, gloves, safety boots
Trail maintenance	Hard hat, gloves, eye protection, safety boots, snake boots where necessary
Tree telling and thinning with chainsaw	Chaps, hard hat, eye and hearing protection, gloves, safety boots
Waster water treatment plant operations involving chlorine gas	Self contained breathing apparatus*
Water surveys	Personal flotation devices, felt sole boots or waders
Weapons qualification	Eye and hearing protection, bullet proof vests
Welding	Flameproof gauntlet gloves, aprons, capes or shoulder covers, leather skull cap, welding goggles, steel-toed boots, fire-resistant clothing, respiratory protection*
Wildlife Inspections: Trophy Shipments & Non-Human Primate Shipments	See 241 FW 9

*Respirator use is required if personal exposures to vapors, fumes, dusts, etc. exceed applicable OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits. See 242 FW 14 for Respiratory Protection Program requirements.

The following standards are those used by OSHA to determine the minimum required protection PPE must provide in order to be acceptable. Only purchase PPE which meet these standards.

1. ANSI Z87.1-1989 (R -1998), American National Standard for Personal Protection, Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection.

2. ANSI Z89.1-1986, American National Standard for Personal Protection, Protective Headwear for Industrial Workers.

3. ANSI Z41-1999, American National Standard for Personal Protection, Protective Footwear.

4. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D, Specifications for rubber insulating gloves.

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