New Mexican Official Standard NOM-017-STPS-2024 on personal protective equipment in the workplace is published.

• On March 28, 2025, the new Mexican Official Standard on Personal Protective Equipment - Selection, Use, and Handling in the Workplace was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation.
• Its objective is to establish the minimum requirements for the selection, use, and handling of personal protective equipment provided to workers to protect them from risk factors, agents, or contaminants in the work environment, in order to prevent accidents and occupational diseases in workplaces where such equipment is required.
• The new standard will enter into force six months after its publication in the Official Gazette of the Federation and will then replace the previous standard (NOM-017-STPS-2008).

On March 28, 2025, the new Mexican Official Standard NOM-017-STPS-2024 on personal protective equipment - Selection, use, and handling in the workplace was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation.

Among other obligations, employers must:

1. Identify and analyze the risks to which workers are exposed for each position and area of ​​the workplace, to determine, provide and supervise the use of the appropriate personal protective equipment ("PPE"), taking into account the occupational risks to which workers are exposed, which may be physical, mechanical, chemical or biological risks.
2. Provide PPE for visitors entering areas where its use is mandatory and for emergency response, according to established plans.
3. Have procedures and provide training and instruction for the use, inspection, replacement, cleaning, limitations, maintenance, storage, and final disposal of PPE.
4. Communicate to workers the occupational hazards to which they are exposed and ensure that workers in companies contracted to provide specialized services are aware of the risks, safety measures, and, where applicable, the PPE; the type of protection required; and how to use PPE when performing their activities. Supervise compliance with these measures and ensure that PPE is used correctly.
5. Keep records of the inspection, replacement, cleaning, maintenance, storage, and final disposal of PPE that requires maintenance.

The new standard will enter into force six months after its publication in the Official Gazette of the Federation, that is, on September 28, 2025, and will then replace the previous standard (NOM-017-STPS-2008).

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https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5753280&fecha=28/03/2025#gsc.tab=0