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Posted By James K
Morning folks,
I have recently introduced the wearing of safety glasses on the workshop floor for all employees and visitors. These glasses are compulsory for all.
A problem has arose whereby some employees have stated that the safety glasses magnify drawings and are causing head-aches / sore eyes.
Prior to this introduction of this policy, I selected 7 pairs of glasses and gave the samples to 15 out of the 40 employees to wear for a week in order for the employees to select a pair that was comfortable and appropriate.
Has anyone ever come across this problem where safety glasses magnify drawings or has anyone ever introduced safety glasses into the workplace and come up against employees who just wont wear the glasses and find problems at every turn?
How did you over-come the problems?
Thanks for the assistance.
Jim
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Posted By Paul Leadbetter
Jim
Unless you have bought prescription glasses by mistake, this is surely all in the mind!
Paul
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Posted By Mark Talbot
Perhaps a visit by an opthalmasist would be of benefit? - I should imagine you could get one along to help the workforce understand the optical illusions/qualities of the glasses, and the benefits of protecting their eyes.
It would probably benefit yourself too - for the next time you face the questions.
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Posted By Stewart Fullarton
Hi Jim,
Ive had similar problems with safety glasses and foot wear. The only way i managed to over come this problem was to give them a choice, i put on trial 5 types of eye protection (all in a similar price bracket)and let the workforce select three types which were stocked and they chose which ones they wanted to wear.
Is the hazard such that they have to wear them when assesssing the drawings ??
Stew
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Posted By The toecap
What brought you to inroduce safety glasses in the first place? Has there been an un acceptable amount of eye injuries in the past? Or is this a forced policy? What consultation wne ton between employer and employee?
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Posted By NLR
Good morning James, a number of our operatives also suffered from this effect and were found to require prescription glasses, please find below some figures to help support this statement.
As you are aware safety eyewear is independently tested and approved to
the European standard BSEN 166. Within this standard, safety spectacles
and goggles are tested (in addition to the impact resistance
capabilities) to a number of stringent criteria, one of which covers the
optical quality of the lenses themselves. Without going into great
detail this includes measuring the light transmittance qualities, the
spherical, astigmatic and prismatic refractive powers. The results of
these tests, then enable a lens to be classified with regard to its
performance.
To put this into perspective, the tolerances for the highest
classification of refractive power is +/- 0.06 dioptre. In comparison,
an optician for instance, would work to a greater tolerance of +/- 0.12
for any prescription spectacle lens.
There are NO restrictions on the length of time an individual can wear
Class 1 optically approved safety glasses and there are no harmful
effects on the human eye caused by class 1 eyewear.
Hope this helps
Nigel
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Posted By James K
Thanks for the replies folks.
There were a large number of eye ijuries (Some genuine and some not, although one cannot say that of course) I called a meeting with the employees and informed them that a policy was to be introduced andsought their input. The consultatoin process was adhered to in all respects and the employees eventually selected the glasses to be worn
The problem with the drawings is that the welding bays are close by and when an employee is grinding the risk is that the abrasive flying off at 177mph would be a hazard.
I suppose the real problem is that some employees will not wear ANY safety glasses no matter what the type or design.
Jim
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