Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) on a construction site must be:

Explanation

California requires the employer to furnish and pay for the protective equipment the work demands: Labor Code section 6401 obliges the employer to furnish safety devices and safeguards, and section 5144(c)(4) says so in terms for respirators. Option (b) is the near miss because the exception is real but narrower than stated - it covers NON-SPECIALTY prescription safety eyewear, and everyday clothing and footwear the worker keeps, rather than prescription eyewear as a class; a welding lens ground to a prescription is still on the employer. Options (a) and (c) both leave the worker out of pocket, one at purchase and one at the end of the job, and at no cost to the employee rules out both. Where an employee brings equipment of their own by choice, the employer remains responsible for its adequacy and maintenance.