Protective clothing is any clothing specifically the protective clothing. Some protective clothing may be designed to protect the workers from the protective clothing.

Personal protective equipment (PPE) is protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer’s body from injury or infection. The hazards addressed by protective equipment include physical, electrical, heat, chemicals, biohazards, and airborne particulate matter.

Chemical protective clothing is workplace protective clothing used to protect the worker from exposure to chemicals. … OSHA safety data sheets use the phrase “wear impermeable or impervious” clothing. However, no material will remain permanently impervious to a chemical.