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Posted By songwriter
Hi All, and a merry Xmas, can anyone answer this please; if a chemical delivery driver wears glasses for driving/reading etc and he needs safety glasses whilst at work and doing certain tasks but he needs safety glasses that enable to see, who foots the bill? this is a new one to me, i think i kno0w the answer. thank you in advance. Songwriter
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Posted By holmezy
Songwriter
you do. They would be classed as PPE and as such should be at no cost to the employee.
Is that what you thought?
Holmezy
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Posted By Bob Shillabeer
Hi,
The answer to this will depend on the extent the driver wears his glasses. If he wears them all the time you will need to provide safety glasses that fit over these adequately to prevent injury. If however he only wears them whilst driving or for distance work you can provide goggles to wear when not waering his glasses. It will probably be best to prvide him with gogles to wear over his glasses and covering both sets of argument.
remember it is the company who is responsible for providing these and for paying for them and then ensuring they are used properly.
Regards Bob.
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Posted By Roger Uncles
Bob,
As a wearer of glasses if you know of any over glasses that are comfortable to wear let me know because I don't know of any.Prescripition safety glasses are the answer Duty of care?
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Posted By steve e ashton
If a delivery lorry driver needs to wear eye protection - to protect against the risks associated with chemical splash? Nine times out of ten (or more) he will need goggles or a visor - safety glasses will NOT provide adequate protection - see the various grades of eye protection under the BS.
So the question of prescription safety specs shouldn't really need to come up - unless the guy needs special prescription specs with narrow side arms to fit under his chemical protective goggles. In which case the employer would have to pay.
IF Prescription specs are assessed as suitable and appropriate - then yes - they would be PPE and the employer would have to bear the full costs for test and provision.
Hope this helps clarify things for you
Steve
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Posted By Bob Shillabeer
Please remember the situation of use. A full face mask would be far better as they prrotect the whole face. If someoine wears glasses (as I do) fulltime the full face visor is the best option, but smaller eye only protection is available on the market and will only need a small amount of looking to find a suitable supplier. Remewmber it is the role of the employer to check that any PPE is suitable for the job and this includes covering those who wear glasses.
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