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We as a company have been asked by certain employees the rules regarding the company supplying them
with prescription safety glasses.
what are the general guidelines for these, are we obliged under law to provide them and if yes who is responsible for essuring that the lense fitted in them is suitable for the wearer in terms of vision
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If eye protection is required for the task they are doing as identified by a RA, then operatives must wear eye protection provided by the company. If the person uses spectacles you can get over-size goggles but these are not very good on a permanent basis. Therefore your next option is prescription safety glasses. Surprisingly they are not that expensive if my memory serves me right.
Alternatively for general use ie construction site, some companies deem those who wear spectacles as having light eye protection without the need for goggles. Obviously where there may be projectiles involved from the use of machinery or grinding wheels, light eye protection is not sufficient and the user will need to wear either proper safety glasses or prescription safety glasses.
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I have gone down the route of, if they wear glasses normally, at some stage during the working time they will need safety glasses.
therefore all glasses wears get provided.
Specsavers do a corporate scheme where you can buy vouchers for about £56, I issue these vouchers to users.
note, this is for basic protection, specialised protection would need to have suitable protective glasses, these are identified through risk assessment, better to put in engineering controls first though.
easy, solutions not problems.
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Just to think back in 1970 we provided prescription safety glasses without a second thought - world changes but to what??
Bob
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