Resources for Maintenance

Personnel should have the right tools and training as well as sufficient time and budget to perform their maintenance activities.

To maintain a successful preventive maintenance program, management should:

• Stress the importance of preventive maintenance.
• Assign competent people to the maintenance team.
• Provide continuing training and retraining.
• Provide necessary resources, including appropriate personal protective equipment for the maintenance activity.
• Analyze and publish the results and impacts of the maintenance and testing program. For example, "Maintenance identified that sensor brand XYZ is a poor performer, so only ABC brand will be used from now on."

References

OSHA's primary PPE standards are in Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations (29 CFR), Part 1910 Subpart I.