Table I.
Barriers reported for not using PED classified by environment/occupation and nationality.
| Environment/occupation | Nationality | Barrier |
|---|---|---|
| Workplace (cocoa farmers) | South African | Unavailability and unaffordability, high cost of PED equipment (8) |
| Workplace (chemical workers) | Chinese | Low educational level, luck of safety consciousness and risk awareness (11) |
| Workplace (endododists) | Greek | Inadequacy at the time of injury (12) |
| Workplace (quarry workers) | Indian | Non-compliance with PED regulations in the workplace (13) |
| Workplace (craft, repair and precision production workers) | English | Lack of need for PED (15) |
| Workplace (factory and construction workers) | Chinese | PED was regarded as a routine procedure (16) |
| Workplace (not reported) | Americans | Low education level in addition with improper use of PED (18) |
| Workplace (cocoa farmers) | South African | Lack of economic funds, uncomfortable, unavailability, not seeing well, lack of training and ignorance (21) |
| Workplace (chemical and grinding workers) | Canadian | Inappropriate for specific tasks undertaken, failure to required standards (22) |
| Workplace (grinding workers) | Australian | Poor compliance with PED use and inappropriate for the task undertaken (23) |
| Workplace (not reorted) | Asians | Hot weather and uncomfortable PED (26) |
| Workplace (not reported) | American | The risk for performing a specific task was undertaken (27) |
| Workplace (grinding workers) | Australian | Inadequate protection while grinding. The use of PED supplies only frontal or frontal-side protection (28) |
| Workplace (grinding workers) | Indian | Racial or cultural variations, inappropriate PED and not correctly fitted (30) |