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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] DCHAS-L Digest - 29 Mar 2012 to 30 Mar 2012 (#2012-68)
Date: April 2, 2012 8:32:25 PM EDT
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Demystify:
Wayne and I are not really in disagreement. It's the employers
responsibility to decide whether the chemicals being used can harm the
eyes.
If in the circumstances he (representing his employer) believed that they
is not a risk of eye injury, then splash goggle are not needed.
In the video, the announcer specifies that the eye injury is
present. ... Jim
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In a message dated 3/31/2012 12:00:43 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:13:15 +0000 From:
Wayne Wood <wayne.wood**At_Symbol_Here**MCGILL.CA> Subject: Re: New Video from
UCSD
Please forgive me for disagreeing with the lab safety guru, but in
our neck of the woods it is hard enough to get lab personnel to wear safety
glasses, let alone wear goggles. Here we require goggles when there is a
significant splash hazard but for light-to-moderate work in your typical
research lab we require safety glasses with side shields.
Unlike Jim
who feels the producers are "totally wrong", IMHO this video can help us
increase the use of eye protection. Bravo and thank you
UCSD!
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