Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part C - PERSONAL PROTECTIVE AND LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT › Section 296-155-215 - Eye and face protection

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
				General.
(a) Employees must use eye and face
				protection equipment when machines or operations present potential eye or face
				injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.
(b) Eye and face protection equipment
				required by this part must meet the requirements specified in American National
				Standards Institute, Z87.1-1968, Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye
				and Face Protection.
(c) Employees
				whose vision requires the use of corrective lenses in spectacles, when required
				by this regulation to wear eye protection, must be protected by goggles or
				spectacles of one of the following types:
(i)
				Spectacles whose protective lenses provide optical correction;
(ii) Goggles that can be worn over corrective
				spectacles without disturbing the adjustment of the spectacles.
(iii) Goggles that incorporate corrective
				lenses mounted behind the protective lenses.
(d) Face and eye protection equipment must be
				kept clean and in good repair. The use of this type equipment with structural
				or optical defects must be prohibited.
(e) Table C-1 must be used as a guide in the
				selection of face and eye protection for the hazards and operations
				noted.
(f) Protectors must meet the
				following minimum requirements:
(i) They must
				provide adequate protection against the particular hazards for which they are
				designed.
(ii) They must be
				reasonably comfortable when worn under the designated conditions.
(iii) They must fit snugly and must not
				unduly interfere with the movements of the wearer.
(iv) They must be durable.
(v) They must be capable of being
				disinfected.
(vi) They must be
				easily cleanable.
(g)
				Every protector must be distinctly marked to facilitate identification only of
				the manufacturer.
(h) When
				limitations or precautions are indicated by the manufacturer, they must be
				transmitted to the user and care taken to see that such limitations and
				precautions are strictly observed.
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TABLE C-1
EYE AND FACE PROTECTION SELECTION GUIDE
1. GOGGLES, flexible fitting, regular
				ventilation
2. GOGGLES, flexible
				fitting, hooded ventilation
3.
				GOGGLES, cushioned fitting, rigid body
*4. SPECTACLES, metal frame, with
				sideshields
*5. SPECTACLES, plastic
				frame with sideshields
*6.
				SPECTACLES, metal-plastic frame, with sideshields
**7. WELDING GOGGLES, eyecup type, tinted
				lenses (illustrated)
7A. CHIPPING
				GOGGLES, eyecup type, clear safety lenses (not illustrated)
**8. WELDING GOGGLES, coverspec type tinted
				lenses (illustrated)
8A. CHIPPING
				GOGGLES, coverspec type, clear safety lenses (not illustrated)
**9. WELDING GOGGLES, coverspec type, tinted
				plate lens
10. FACE SHIELD
				(available with plastic or mesh window)
11. WELDING HELMETS
*Nonside shield spectacles are available for limited hazard
				  use requiring only frontal protection.
**See Table C-2 in (2) of this section, Filter lens shade
				  numbers for protection against radiant energy.
APPLICATIONS
OPERATION
HAZARDS
RECOMMENDED PROTECTORS: Underscored Numbers
						  Signify Preferred Protection
ACETYLENE-BURNING ACETYLENE-CUTTING
						  ACETYLENE-WELDING
SPARKS, HARMFUL RAYS, MOLTEN METAL, FLYING
						  PARTICLES
7, 8, 9
CHEMICAL HANDLING
SPLASH, ACID BURNS, FUMES
2, 10 (for severe exposure add 10 over 2)
OPERATION
HAZARDS
RECOMMENDED PROTECTORS: Underscored Numbers
						  Signify Preferred Protection
CHIPPING
FLYING PARTICLES
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7A, 8A
ELECTRIC (ARC) WELDING
SPARKS, INTENSE RAYS, MOLTEN METAL
9, 11 (11 in combination with 4, 5, 6, in
						  tinted lenses, advisable)
FURNACE OPERATIONS
GLARE, HEAT, MOLTEN METAL
7, 8, 9 (for severe exposure add 10)
GRINDING-LIGHT
FLYING PARTICLES
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10
GRINDING-HEAVY
FLYING PARTICLES
1, 3, 7A, 8A (for severe exposure add 10)
LABORATORY
CHEMICAL SPLASH, GLASS BREAKAGE
2 (10 when in combination with 4, 5, 6)
MACHINING
FLYING PARTICLES
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10
MOLTEN METALS
HEAT, GLARE, SPARKS, SPLASH
7, 8 (10 in combination with 4, 5, 6, in
						  tinted lenses)
SPOT WELDING
FLYING PARTICLES, SPARKS
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10