US workers will use personal protective equipment if their employers give it out, a new study finds. More than half of those who used PPE were required to do so by employers. About 30% of workers who were not required to use PPE were provided the equipment by employers, the NIOSH team found, and 45% of those workers used the PPE. The team also found 8% of workers were forbidden to use PPE by their employers. Lower-income workers were more likely to be prohibited from use or unable to obtain them, compared with higher-income workers.

Source: CNN February 18, 2021 18:58 UTC