Posted By Mark Gibson Can anybody assit me in advising what my legal obligation is to provide our engineering staff with prescription goggles, we will supply them with standard goggles but need to know if we should be giving them prescription goggles by law. Do we need to pay the whole amount towards the prescription or do we only need to pay a certain amount? Thanks

Posted By TBC Yes – as you already understand your obviously obliged to provide eye protection. The way you do it is another matter. Some goggles can fit over normal specs for various uses. Not sure about over-goggles giving secure protection against liquid chemicals though. Engineering - if you have to ensure complete accuracy in machining etc then prescription safety specs especially for that job with side protection may be the answer. Over-goggles or over-safety specs may cause a double glazing effect and reading tolerances may be affected. The prescription safety specs available today last a very long time given the strength of them and the operators usually take very good care of them. Compared with the cost of throwaway pairs it will probably work out at a similar or less cost and the company should pick up the bill. Get in touch with your PPE supplier and they will be able to help. Hope this helps.