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Re: Safety Glasses
Date:
Oct 10, 2010 01:42 UTC
Author:
Breazeale, William H <BreazealeW**At_Symbol_Here**COFC.EDU>
From:
K Roy <safesci**At_Symbol_Here**SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:
Re: Safety Glasses
Date:
Oct 10, 2010 02:18 UTC
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From: K Roy <safesci**At_Symbol_Here**SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject: Re: Safety Glasses
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Jack - You are r
ight on target - Indirectly vented chemical splash goggles are required und
er OSHA's PPE standard and professional best practice when it comes to work
ing with hazardous chemicals - not safety glasses! I wrote a letter t
o the editor several months ago which was printed in an ACS professional pu
blication concerned about the number of safety violations relativ
e to inappropriate eye protection in many of their advertisements and artic
le photos. We need to endorse and model the professional/legal standa
rd. It is bad enough to see teachers wearing inappropriate eye PPE bu
t also endorsing it for their students in labs. I would not want to h
ave to make the call to a parent stating it was because of my failure to fo
ster and enforce appropriate eye protection that their child was blinded!
Be proactive- wear the goggles! It ma
y just save your sight!
Ken Roy
Kenneth R. Roy, Ph.D.
Science Safety Compliance Columnist/Author/ConsultantNatio
nal Science Teachers Association;
Director of Environmental He
alth & Safety
Glastonbury Public Schools (CT);
Authorized OSHA instructor
