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Many workers are unaware of the potential hazards in their
work environments making them more vulnerable to injury. Personal protective equipment (PPE) for the eyes and face
is designed to prevent or lessen the severity of injuries to workers when engineering the administrative controls are not feasible or effective in
reducing these exposures to acceptable levels. The following references aid in recognizing and evaluating
eye and face hazards and provides possible solutions for these hazards.
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 Eye
and Face Protection. OSHA eTool. Provides a comprehensive hazard assessment,
information about selecting protective devices for the workplace, as well as OSHA requirements.
- Selecting PPE for the Workplace.
Provides a hazard assessment to determine the risk of exposure to eye and face hazards, including those which may be encountered in an
emergency, and offers controls.
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OSHA Requirements. Focuses on PPE requirements, training and qualification, and the ability to anticipate and avoid injury from job-related hazards.
- Personal Protective Equipment. OSHA
Publication 3151-12R, (2003). Also available as a 629 KB
PDF, 46 pages. Discusses the types of equipment most commonly used
to protect the head, torso, arms, hands, and feet. Additional topics include
requirements, hazard assessment, selection, and employee training.
- Eye
Protection in the Workplace. OSHA Fact Sheet 93-03, (1993). Provides information about eye protection in the workplace including causes and prevention of eye injuries.
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Eye Safety. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Safety and Health Topic.
- Eye Safety: Emergency
Response & Disaster Recovery. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), (2001,
September). Includes information about eye safety, types of eye and face protection, and first aid for eye injuries.
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Contact Lens Use in a Chemical Environment. US Department of Health and
Human Services (DHHS), National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication No. 2005-139, (2005,
June). Provides safety guidelines for contact lens wearers working in
chemical environments.
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Eye Washes & Deluge Showers. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Discusses the need to install and
maintain an emergency eye wash unit wherever a chemical or physical hazard may
pose a serious risk of injury to someone's eye.
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Protection for Farmers. National Ag Safety Database (NASD) and the University
of Main Cooperative Extension, (2006, September). Also available as a 44 KB
PDF, 2 pages. Provides an overview of causes of injury, eye protection, and basic first aid.
- Toolbox
Talk: Eye Safety. Electronic Library of Construction Occupational Safety and Health (eLCOSH).
Also available as a 1 MB
PDF, 17
pages. Discusses how and why eye injuries occur in the workplace and what to do to prevent them.
- How
Much Eye Protection Is Enough? Electronic Library of Construction
Occupational Safety and Health (eLCOSH), (2002, February). Provides help in
determining when more eye protection is needed.
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Workplace Eye Safety. Prevent Blindness America. Provides questions and
answers to commonly asked questions about workplace eye safety.
- Emergency Eyewash Equipment. Manitoba Labour
and Immigration, Workplace Safety and Health Division Safe Work Bulletin No. 104, (2002, December), 175 KB
PDF, 2 pages. Includes a
summary of the ANSI requirements.
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