The subject of the bachelor task is an explanation of the need to use means of individual protection and presentation of particular products. The introduction of the work is the approximation of the actual legislation and the explanation of the concepts related to the protection of workers. Further are described in detail activities in forestry for which personal protective equipment has been identified. The next chapter describes the procedure and reasons for allocating individual protection to specific workers to specific activities. The subject of the research was products that are actualy available on the Slovak trade and used to work to ensure the protection of forest workers.