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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] What is a working definition for eye level?
Date: Apr 27, 2023 19:51 UTC
Author: Jessica Martin <jessica.a.martin**At_Symbol_Here**UCONN.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] EXTERNAL [DCHAS-L] What is a working definition for eye level?
Date: Apr 27, 2023 20:18 UTC
Author: Doug Cody <dsc1950**At_Symbol_Here**GMAIL.COM>
From: Alex Hagen <fischera**At_Symbol_Here**UW.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] What is a working definition for eye level?
Date: Apr 27, 2023 20:14 UTC
Reply-To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU>
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On our campus, we recommend that the responsible party make judgements about “eye-level” based upon the personnel working in that space. If someone who is 5 ft tall is working in the lab, then eye-level is at less than 5 ft. We do this
exactly for the reason demonstrated in Jessica’s experience.
ALEX HAGEN
Laboratory Safety Inspection Program Manager
Environmental Health & Safety Department
University of Washington
From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU>
On Behalf Of Jessica Martin
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2023 12:51 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] What is a working definition for eye level?
My 2 cents: When I was working in a lab at the USDA, I worked with a PI who was ~5 feet 5 inches in height. I am 5 feet 3 inches in height. Since he set the standard about what was “eye level” in our lab, we actually had quite a bit of
shelving we did not use at all because it was too high. I really missed this lab after I moved on to my graduate school lab since the 2 men who set up my grad school lab were both over 6 feet tall!
Best,
Jessica A. Martin, Ph.D.
NSF Graduate Research Fellow (2018-2021)
Joint Safety Team, Founding Member (2018-2021)
Pinkhassik Group, Department of Chemistry (2016-2021)
University of Connecticut
323-327-3974
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