Which of the following are part of the EPA's recommended safe work practices?

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Eye and hand protection are essential when working with compressed gases and refrigerants. Wearing safety glasses or goggles guards against eye injury from accidental releases or splashes, while using butyl-lined gloves protects the skin on your hands from contact with refrigerants and from cold burns when connecting or disconnecting hoses. Together, these two protections address the main exposure routes you face during those tasks, which is why this combined practice is the correct choice.

A respirator isn’t typically required for routine refrigerant work and is reserved for situations with significant inhalation hazards or poor ventilation, so it isn’t part of the standard safe practices in this context. Wearing only one form of protection or relying on a respirator would leave you vulnerable in other ways.