Eye Protection Is Required for All PLANT AREAS of ______

EYE SAFETY

Eye protection is required for ALLplant areas ofCOMPANY NAME. Eye protection for one type of hazard may not protect from other eye hazards in the workplace. All eye protection, including goggles, face shields and safety glasses must meet or exceed ANSI standard Z87.1.

Hazards

Eye and face protection must be provided whenever there is a potential for eye or face injuries if work practice or engineering controls do not eliminate the risk of injury. Some of the things that might cause eye injuries include the following:

• Dust and other flying particles, such as metal shavings or wool fibers.
• Acids and other caustic liquid chemicals that might splash.
• Blood and other potentially infectious body fluids that might splash, spray, or splatter.
• Intense light such as that created by welding arcs and lasers.

Eye & Face PPE Selection

• Must protect against the specific hazards.
• Reasonably comfortable to wear.
• No vision or movement restriction
• Durable and easy to clean & disinfect.
• Does not interfere with the function of other PPE.
• Meets ANSI Z87.1 standard requirements.

Types of Eye & Face Protection

• Safety spectacles - These protective eyeglasses are made with safety frames constructed of metal and/or plastic and are fitted with either corrective or plano impact-resistant lenses. They come with and without side shields, but most workplace operations will require side shields.
• Impact-resistant spectacles - This eyewear can be used for moderate impact from particles produced by such jobs as carpentry, woodworking, grinding, and scaling.
• Side shields - These protect against particles that might enter the eyes from the side. Side shields are made of wire mesh or plastic. Eye-cup type side shields provide the best protection.
• Goggles - You may choose from many different types of goggles, each designed for specific hazards. Generally, goggles protect eyes, eye sockets, and the facial area immediately surrounding the eyes from impact, dust, and splashes. Some goggles fit over corrective lenses.
• Welding shields - Constructed of vulcanized fiber or fiberglass and fitted with a filtered lens, these protective devices are designed for the specific hazards associated with welding. Welding shields protect your employees' eyes from burns caused by infrared or intense radiant light, and they protect face and eyes from flying sparks, metal spatter, and slag chips produced during welding, brazing, soldering, and cutting.
• Laser safety goggles - Laser safety goggles provide a range of protection against the intense concentrations of light produced by lasers. The type of laser safety goggles you choose will depend upon the equipment and operating conditions in your workplace.
• Face shields - These transparent sheets of plastic extend from the brow to below the chin across the entire width of the employee's head. Some are polarized for glare protection. Choose face shields to protect your employees' faces from nuisance dusts and potential splashes or sprays of hazardous liquids. Face shields do not protect employees from impact hazards. Use face shields in combination with goggles or safety spectacles, to protect against impact hazards, even in the absence of dust or potential splashes, for additional protection beyond that offered by goggles or spectacles alone.

Welding & Brazing

The intensity of light or radiant energy produced by welding, cutting, or brazing operations varies according to a number of factors including the task producing the light, the electrode size, and the arc current. To protect employees who are exposed to intense radiant energy, begin by selecting a shade too dark to see the welding zone. Then try lighter shades until you find one that allows a sufficient view of the welding zone without going below the minimum protective shade.

Prescription Glasses & Contact Lenses

Eyeglasses designed for ordinary wear do not provide the level of protection necessary to protect against workplace hazards. Special care must be taken when choosing eye protectors for employees who wear eyeglasses with corrective lenses such as the following:

• Prescription spectacles, with side shields and protective lenses meeting the requirements of ANSI Z87.1, which also corrects the individual employee's vision.
• Goggles that can fit comfortably over corrective eyeglasses without disturbing the alignment of the eyeglasses.
• Goggles that incorporate corrective lenses mounted behind protective lenses.

You also must provide protective eyewear to employees who wear contact lenses and are exposed to potential eye injury. Eye protection provided to these employees may also incorporate corrective eyeglasses. If an employee must don eyeglasses in the event of contact lens failure or loss, he or she will still be able to use the same protective eyewear.

Pre-Use Safety Check

• Check for proper fit
• Ensure no cracks or breaks
• Lenses clean

Operational Safety

• Use Splash-proof goggles and face shield with chemicals
• Never look at welding operations without proper protection
• Use goggle in high dust areas
• Protect your eyes from direct high heat
• Don't use tinted safety glasses indoors
• Select to highest tint possible for high intensity light from lazars, welding & brazing

General OSHA Requirements

The employer must ensure that each affected employee must use appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids, caustic gases, vapors or potentially injurious light radiation.

The employer must ensure that each affected employee must use eye protection that provides side protection when there is a hazard form flying objects. Detachable side protectors (e.g. clip-on or slide-on side shields) meeting pertinent requirements of this section are acceptable.

The employer must ensure that each affected employee who wears prescription lenses while engaged in operations that involve eye hazards wear eye protection that incorporates the prescription in its design, or wears or wears eye protection that can be worn over the prescription lenses without disturbing the proper position of the prescription lenses or the protective lenses.

Eye and face personal protective equipment must be distinctly marked to facilitate identification of the manufacturer.

The employer must ensure that each affected employee must use equipment with filter lenses that have a shade number appropriate for the work being performed from protection from injurious light radiation.

Payment for Equipment

COMPANY NAME will pay the entire cost of one pair of prescription eyewear per year (up to $______) Non prescription eyewear will be distributed to employees (2 pair per year) If an employee turns in a pair of damaged eye wear, they will be issued a new pair at no charge. If the employee loses both pair or forgets them, they will be charged at a rate of $______per pair.

Signature of understanding: ______Date: ______