California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations › Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety › Subchapter 7 - General Industry Safety Orders › Group 2 - Safe Practices and Personal Protection › Article 10 - Personal Safety Devices and Safeguards › Section 3382 - Eye and Face Protection

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Employees working in locations where
						there is a risk of receiving eye injuries such as punctures, abrasions,
						contusions, or burns as a result of contact with flying particles, hazardous
						substances, projections or injurious light rays which are inherent in the work
						or environment, shall be safeguarded by means of face or eye protection.
						Suitable screens or shields isolating the hazardous exposure may be considered
						adequate safeguarding for nearby employees.
The employer shall provide and ensure that employees
						  use protection suitable for the exposure.
(b) Where exposed to injurious light rays,
						the shade of lens to use in any instance shall be selected in accordance with
						the following table. Protection against radiant energy--Selection of shade
						numbers for welding filter. Table EP-1 shall be used as a guide for the
						selection of the proper shade numbers of filter lenses or plates used in
						welding. Shade more dense than those listed may be used to suit the
						individual's needs.
TABLE EP-1--FILTER LENS SHADE NUMBERS FOR
						  PROTECTION AGAINST RADIANT ENERGY
Welding
								  operation
Shade number
Shielded metal-arc welding 1 
								  1/16
								  -, 
								  3/32
								  -, 1/8, 
								  5/32
								  -inch diameter
								  electrodes..........................
..........................10
Gas-shielded arc welding (nonferrous) 
								  1/16
								  -, 
								  3/32
								  -, 1/8 -, 
								  5/32
								  -inch diameter
								  electrodes..........................
..........................11
Gas-shielded arc welding (ferrous) 
								  1/16
								  -, 
								  3/32
								  -, 1/8 -, 
								  5/32
								  -inch diameter
								  electrodes..........................
..........................12
Shielded metal-arc welding 
								  3/16
								  -, 
								  7/32
								  -, ¼ -inch diameter
								  electrodes..........................
..........................12
5/16
								  -, 3/8 -inch diameter
								  electrodes..........................
..........................14
Atomic hydrogen
								  welding..........................
..........................10-14
Carbon-arc
								  welding..........................
..........................14
Soldering..........................
..........................2
Welding
								  operation
Shade number
Torch
								  brazing..........................
..........................3 or 4
Light cutting, up to 1
								  inch..........................
..........................3 or 4
Medium cutting, 1 inch to 6
								  inches..........................
..........................4 or 5
Heavy cutting, over 6
								  inches..........................
..........................5 or 6
Gas welding (light), up to 1/8
								  -inch..........................
..........................4 or 5
Gas welding (medium), 1/8 -inch to ½
								  -inch..........................
..........................5 or 6
Gas welding (heavy), over ½
								  -inch..........................
..........................6 or 8
(c) Where eye protection is required and the
						employee requires vision correction, such eye protection shall be provided as
						follows:
(1) Safety spectacles with suitable
						corrected lenses, or
(2) Safety
						goggles designed to fit over spectacles, or
(3) Protective goggles with corrective lenses
						mounted behind the protective lenses.
NOTE: The wearing of contact lens is prohibited in
						  working environments having harmful exposure to materials or light flashes,
						  except when special precautionary procedures, which are medically approved,
						  have been established for the protection of the exposed
						  employee.