Abstract
This article presents the results of the review of scientific and technical information on the use of a risk-based approach (RBA) in providing personal protective equipment (PPE) at an enterprise. Regulatory documents, scientific works and developments of domestic and foreign scientists on the use of PPE against industrial health and safety hazards and their selection based on RBA were used as the theoretical and methodological basis for the study. Scientific works are considered in the Science Direct, Dergi Park, Web of Science (Publon), Elsiever, Google Scholar databases, on professional industry platforms on labor protection ILO, EU-OSHA, NEBOSH, IOSH. The study contains information retrieval, descriptive, experimental and effective research stages. The information retrieval stage includes the study of scientific and methodological literature, national and interstate standards. This article covers the entire range of theoretical and methodological substantiation of the use of PPE in the provision of RBA, including regulatory standards for the use of PPE, in force in the Republic of Kazakhstan in comparison with international practice.