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You could find the same scenario on almost any construction site up and down the country. The use of light eye protection has become so ubiquitous that impact resistant glasses are rarely used now for abrasive wheel work, etc.
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This is the problem with those blanket rules you have on some site "You must wear eye protection etc" . As long as you are wearing something nobody checks to make sure you are wearing the correct piece of kit for the job you are doing.
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I could no agree more! It was only last month that in a chemical plant I was told that a senior manager had expressed the opinion that everyone on site should be wearing gloves. An assessment of glove usage indicated that 12 different gloves would be required just to match the chemical hazard protection needed, with at least three more to fit the need for protection against physical hazards. They were working with hydrofluoric acid and had been told that a nitrile gauntlet was OK and would need changing only if it had signs of degradation or every three months! Permeation breakthrough time for that glove with HF was 30-60 minutes!
Presumably the manage would be able to identify which glove each worker should be wearing, particularly since some worked with a range of chemicals.
Chris
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I find that this "wear eye protection" confusion is common. Many people do not know the difference between LEP, Goggles, Visors (which are actually face, not eye, protection) etc, let alone that some are impact resistant, chemical resistant, offer dust protection and so on.
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This is very timely as I have recently been reviewing eye protection for our activities that use spit gun (gas-cartridge). We have looked at the types of eyewear and found that generally glasses to EN166 with mechanical strength F (low energy impact) are issued as standard on construction sites. We are taking the stance that EN166 mechanical strength B (medium energy) which are goggles/faceshields are required when using spit-guns, chopsaws, abrasive wheels - basically any activity which good generate high speed particles being ejected. Agreed the blanket rule on construction sites of light eyewear leads some individuals to think they are suitably protected for all types of activity.
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There is more to this than meets the eye (excuse the pun - not intended!!). The guy who was hurt was his colleague and it is not clear whether or not he was wearing safety glasses at all. It only states that the operator was and these were not to the correct specification. The wider issue is that not only should the operative be wearing them, but also those who are in the close vicinity. How far do you define that? On our Construction sites, we have defined that as anyone in the same "room" (when erecting Timber Frame) and other trades should be prohibited, but what about in the factory? Once again, we have defined anyone working on the same "bench" as the guys work in teams of two (one may be nailing and the other measuring and marking). The next question is what about supervisors, visitors etc. Should they wear them. This is where the "blanket" approach starts to become more meaningful.
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