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Eye Witness To Safety
Employee and employer must share responsibility for the safety of your eyes. But, since they are your eyes, you have to take safety seriously, and always use eye protection whenever and wherever there is a hazard.
OSHA rules and regulations require employees to use eye protection to guard against injury in situations where reasonable probability of injury exists. It is the job of the employer to assess the hazards in the workplace to determine if eye protection is needed, and then to train you.
It is your job to make sure you use the right protection method
Training deals with:
When eye and face protection is necessary.
What eye and face protection is necessary
How to properly put on, take off, adjust, and wear goggles, face shields, etc.
PPE limitations
Proper care, maintenance, useful life, and disposal of eye and face protection.
You must show that you understand the training and can use eye and face protection properly before you will be allowed to perform work requiring its use.
You rarely get a second chance to save your eyes.
An eye injury resulting in blindness cannot be cured. Excuses like "I don't wear my goggles because my hair gets messed up" or "I look silly in safety glasses" seem unimportant when compared with the value of a pair of healthy eyes. Proper eye protection reduces your chances of injury and reduces the severity of injury if an accident does occur.
The risk is real.
OSHA reported 53,000 disabling eye injuries in 1999. The main cause of job-related eye injuries is objects striking a worker's eye. Chemical splashes also account for many eye injuries.
There are hazards galore:
Injurious gases, vapors and liquids. Workers handling acids or caustics are subject to these hazards.
Dusts or powders, fumes and mists. Some sources are scaling light grinding, spot welding, and woodworking.
Flying objects or particles. Some sources include chiseling, grinding, hammering, and metal working. These hazards cause the majority of eye injuries.
Splashing metal. Some sources are babitting, casting of hot metal, and dripping in hot metal baths.
Thermal and radiation hazards such as heat, glare, ultraviolet, and infrared rays. Some sources are welding, metal cutting, and furnace tending.
Lasers. Different kinds of laser beams require different methods of eye protection.
Electrical hazards. Sample sources are arcing and sparks.
Prevention is relatively simple.
Equipment Guards Plant equipment and machinery is the source of many eye injuries. Be sure to use any guards, screens, and shields that are attached to equipment. Make sure they are always in place and used along with additional eye protection.
Movable screens are available for work settings like machine shops. The screens can be used to separate workers at one machine from those at nearby work stations. Portable welding screens can be positioned around welding areas to protect other workers from sparks and radiation.
Personal Protective Equipment A wide variety of safety equipment is available. Protective eye and face equipment must comply with ANSI guidelines and be marked directly on the piece of equipment (e.g. glasses frames and lenses).(see all about eye PPE)
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