Section 4-2 - Eye and Face Protection (a) General. - (i) The use of protective eye and face equipment where there is a potential of injury that can be prevented by such equipment shall be required. In such cases, the use of a type of protector suitable for the work to be performed shall be required. No unprotected person shall knowingly be subjected to a hazardous environmental condition. Suitable eye protectors shall be required where machines or operations present the hazard of flying objects, glare, liquids, injurious radiation, or a combination of these hazards.
- (ii) Protectors shall meet the following minimum requirements:
- (A) They shall provide adequate protection against the particular hazards for which they are designed.
- (i) Safety glasses shall be the wrap around type or with side shields.
- (B) They shall be reasonably comfortable when worn under the designated conditions.
- (C) They shall fit snugly and shall not unduly interfere with the movements of the wearer.
- (D) They shall be durable.
- (E) They shall be capable of being disinfected.
- (F) They shall be easily cleanable.
- (G) They shall be kept clean and in good repair.
- (iii) Employees whose vision requires the use of corrective lenses and spectacles, and who are required by these rules and regulations to wear eye protection, shall be required to wear goggles or spectacles of one of the following types:
- (A) Spectacles whose protective lenses provide optical correction.
- (B) Goggles that can be worn over corrective spectacles without disturbing the adjustment of the spectacles.
- (C) Goggles that incorporate corrective lenses mounted behind the protective lenses.
- (iv) Every protector shall be distinctly marked to facilitate identification of the manufacturer.
- (v) When limitations or precautions are indicated by the manufacturer, they shall be transmitted to the user and care taken to see that such limitations and precautions are strictly observed.
- (vi) Design, construction, testing, and use of devices for eye and face protection shall be in accordance with American National Standard for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection, ANSI Z87.1- Current Edition.