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I work for an engineering company based in the UK and we carry out a lot of grinding operations.
We use safety glasses which have a foam insert and when worn with a head strap they provide B rated protection. The issue is every type of safety glasses we have tried which offer this protection steam / mist up. Any advice or similar issues out there
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Face shield is for face and not the eyes.
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There are such things as anti mist goggles I believe, what about those. Also you can get anti mist spray to clean the glasses/goggles, not sure how effective they would be but works good with ordinary specs/
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quote=stevecollins]I work for an engineering company based in the UK and we carry out a lot of grinding operations.
We use safety glasses which have a foam insert and when worn with a head strap they provide B rated protection. The issue is every type of safety glasses we have tried which offer this protection steam / mist up. Any advice or similar issues out there
Are you sure they are B rated ? Its just that guidance indicates that if you need a B rating you use goggles or visors, not glasses.
Chris
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Hi all thanks for the reply the safety glasses are F rated when used with temples but B rated when used with the strap. They are also used in conjunction with a face visor. The answer is probably battery powered respirators. We have a face fit trial coming up which will likely identify the equipment is incompatible and unsuitable for the task. The directors are going to be a bit upset about the financial implications.
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We don't allow grinding activities with just glasses
Anyone who has actually done any grinding will know why they are not adequate.
As Paul says, a face shield with the correct impact rating would be my preference.
By the way, assume it is grinding metal?
Have you fully evaluated the metal dust hazard?
Do you have LEV?
And is it tested every 6 months (not the usual 14 months).
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quote=stevecollins]Hi all thanks for the reply the safety glasses are F rated when used with temples but B rated when used with the strap. They are also used in conjunction with a face visor. The answer is probably battery powered respirators. We have a face fit trial coming up which will likely identify the equipment is incompatible and unsuitable for the task. The directors are going to be a bit upset about the financial implications.
Ummm, never seen these ! However you say they are used with a visor as well ? Why do you need glasses under a visor ? ( prescription ?).
You then talk of respiration, are the glasses steaming up because the employees are also wearing a dust mask ? If so and these are not put on correctly, exhaled breath will go between the nose and mask up into the glasses and steam them up ! You might just need to do fit testing and proper instruction of how to use masks. I may be putting two and two together here and making 7, but just going on your comment.
It may be a case of doing away with glasses and just using the visor and your problem will be solved! If life was only that easy.
Chris
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