There are specific items of safety protection designed for a welder’s body. These items are called personal protective equipment or PPE. Welding subjects an individual to a variety of dangers such as burns, inhalation hazards, eye injuries, falling, suffocation, noise, and ear damage. It is the welder’s responsibility to wear these items properly, but it is the employer’s responsibility to make sure these items are available and that the user has proper training. There are several regulations surrounding PPE, how and when to use it, and whose responsibility it is to provide the items, train a user, and keep and clean the equipment.