Which PPE item helps protect your legs during pesticide applications?

Which PPE item helps protect your legs during pesticide applications?

• A. Pants that cover the ankles or coveralls
• B. Short shorts
• C. Skirt
• D. Leggings only

Answer: (A)

Protecting your legs during pesticide applications mainly requires a barrier that covers from the ankles up, preventing any spray, drift, or splashes from reaching skin. Pants that cover the ankles or a full set of coveralls provide that complete coverage and work with boots to seal at the bottom, reducing skin exposure and keeping residues from soaking into clothing or entering footwear. Short shorts, a skirt, or leggings alone leave significant skin exposed and often don’t form a reliable barrier around the ankles or at the garment–boot interface, so they aren’t adequate for leg protection in pesticide work.

Protecting your legs during pesticide applications mainly requires a barrier that covers from the ankles up, preventing any spray, drift, or splashes from reaching skin. Pants that cover the ankles or a full set of coveralls provide that complete coverage and work with boots to seal at the bottom, reducing skin exposure and keeping residues from soaking into clothing or entering footwear.

Short shorts, a skirt, or leggings alone leave significant skin exposed and often don’t form a reliable barrier around the ankles or at the garment–boot interface, so they aren’t adequate for leg protection in pesticide work.