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Posted By simon coupland
The site have banned the wearing of tinted LEP for all people on site.
This has caused concern with our contract mobile crane drivers and riggers plus the FLT driver.
I was wondering what the IOSH world thought of this and if anyone had any statistics regarding accidents with/without tinted LEP.
I have done and redone a risk assessment and have to say that at cetain times the wearing of tinted LEPis a must if you need to see where your going or where to 'bank a load' with the crane.
It seems to me to cause MORE of a hazard than reducing the likelihood an incident.
The only reason i can see for the ban is that it is easier for the site to police.
Any information would be helpful.
regards
Simon
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Posted By Ron Hunter
Banned why? Easier for the Site to police what exactly?
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Posted By simon coupland
Ron,
Banned, because on an outage last year somebody was wearing them inside a boiler.
To (police)enforce the rule that they cannot be worn.
regards
Si.
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Posted By Richard Beevers
Sorry to all responders so far. This is the new thing I'm going to learn today... What are L.E.P?
Thanks,
Al.
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Posted By stephen d clarke
Hi,
Mystery to me also - could be Large Electron-Positron collider, probably not.
Steve
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Posted By John J
Simon,
there may be a compromise that we use with our forklift and crane drivers. Try a lens that is variable or mirrored.
The graduated lens helps to reduce the suns glare but still give a good clear portion for normal working. The mirrored lens reflects the glare but still give reasonable clarity for normal operations.
You will probably find that rather than solving the problem by banning them, you will create a situation where people bring their own, unrated, eye wear.
I'd suggest the best course of action would be to educate the individual rather than punish the many,
John
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Posted By John J
LEP = Light Eye Protection (safety glasses)
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Posted By Ron Hunter
Surely this is a case of very poor people management?
One individual involved in the boiler incident should have been dealt with accordingly, and is no justification for blanket prohibition.
This "ban", as you rightly surmise,has potential to lead to other serious mishap - particulalry this time of year with sun at low level at start and end of day-shift patterns.
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Posted By Bob Youel
standard stuff; ban instead of manage - if they are needed they should be supplied etc and other areas managed properly
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Posted By al wood
agree with you bob, someone has taken the easy option of banning rather than managing.
to manage would mean that the person in question would have to remove themselves from the site office and actually go on site.
its a hard life!
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