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Full-facepiece
Domain: Health and safety at work => Preventive measures => Personal protective equipment
Grammatical category
Noun
Grammar notes
Countable
Definition
A type of facepiece that covers from roughly the hairline to below the chin. Besides providing the greatest protection and sealing most reliably among all facepieces, they also provide some eye protection.
Definition source
NIOSH Guide to Industrial Respiratory Protection
European legislation
Directives 89/656/EEC, 89/686/EEC
British legislation
The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992; The Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 2002
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Synonyms
Full-face mask
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