Personal protective equipment (PPE) is categorized into the following general types

 Personal protective equipment (PPE) is categorized into the following general types:

Eye and face protection: This includes safety glasses, goggles, and shields

Hand protection: This includes gloves and gauntlets

Hearing protection: This includes earplugs and earmuffs

Respiratory protection: This includes masks, dust masks, and full-face masks

Head protection: This includes helmets

Foot protection: This includes safety shoes, boots, and shoe claws 

Other types of PPE include: Protective clothing, Fall protection, Industrial scalp protectors, Caps and hairnets, and Wrist cuff rmlets.