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Compliance Program

Multi-Jurisdiction PPE Compliance, Without the Spreadsheet Tax

Safariland helps safety and procurement teams organize PPE decisions across OSHA workplace duties, ANSI/ISEA product standards, EN references, CSA requirements, and internal audit expectations. The program does not claim that OSHA approves products; it gives responsible teams cleaner evidence for their own review.

Compliance matrix

Organize the standards by jurisdiction and category

Standard	Jurisdiction	Scope	Renewal Cadence	Sample Deliverable
OSHA 29 CFR 1910 / 1926	United States	Employer workplace compliance duties	Annual review or site change	Hazard assessment register
ANSI Z89.1-2014	North America	Industrial head protection types and classes	Product or site specification update	Helmet category selection note
EN 352	European Union	Hearing protection performance references	When noise survey changes	Hearing conservation PPE crosswalk
ANSI Z359	North America	Fall protection system and component references	Inspection schedule review	Fall equipment inspection template
ANSI/ISEA 107	North America	High-visibility apparel classes	Project or traffic plan change	Visibility class selection guide

Audit deliverables

Sample library for safety and procurement records

Hazard assessment

Site-level exposure notes that show why a PPE category was considered and who owns the final decision.

Gap analysis

A comparison of current issue items against documented work patterns, standards references, and supervisor feedback.

Task risk assessment

Plain-language task notes for maintenance, public works, utilities, manufacturing, or response teams.

SDS and support files

Document slots for chemical or material information when a product group requires deeper handling review.

Training roster

Records that show when supervisors communicated issue, inspection, and replacement expectations.

Incident review notes

A structure for updating PPE guidance after near misses, failed inspections, or changed work methods.

Site survey process

Four steps to a defensible program file

Collect work evidence

Gather tasks, incident patterns, noise surveys, height exposure points, traffic plans, and current PPE lists.

Map categories

Connect each exposure to approved Main Category groups and note any item that requires additional specialist review.

Draft documents

Create matrix, training, inspection, and substitution records that can be reviewed by the customer's responsible team.

Set review cadence

Define annual review, project-change triggers, and replacement intervals for products with finite service life.

Templates

Documentation and recordkeeping that teams can maintain

A good compliance program is only useful if it survives normal work. Safariland templates avoid dense legal phrasing and focus on fields supervisors can complete: category, task, hazard, selected standard reference, issue date, inspection owner, replacement trigger, and comments. Respirator records, when included, must cite specific NIOSH approval numbers such as TC-84A entries provided by the product documentation. Fall protection files should distinguish visual inspection, competent-person review, and removal from service.

Compliance calendar

Keep the annual review visible

Q1

Review incident trends and expiring inspection records before seasonal work begins.

Q2

Confirm fit feedback, replacement stock, and distributor lead times for peak work periods.

Q3

Update training rosters, site changes, and any new task risk assessments.

Q4

Prepare next-year category changes, budget notes, and documentation cleanup.

Audit request

Ask for a PPE compliance document review.

Send the sites, standards, and categories in scope. Safariland will help frame the matrix and sample deliverables for your internal review process.