Prescriptive safety

Nevertheless, prescription safety glasses, that are made-to-order, are readily available through specialized sources only, and though a little more expensive, should be used exclusively for the full-time laboratory researcher or staff. It has been observed that the contact lenses do provide certain extent of protection against possible mechanical damage to the eye however, the wearing of protective goggles is still very much essential and almost a must. 

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The use of over-the-glass (OTG) safety eyewear is the leading reason for not having a formal prescription safety eyewear program, with approximately 20 percent of the companies surveyed indicating the use of OTGs in lieu of a prescription safety eyewear program. Another 10 percent indicated that they rely upon that individual s own prescription eyewear. 

ANSI Z87.1-2010 now calls for testing by the manufacturers of prescription safety eye-wear by specified types. Furthermore, it states that manufacturers of lenses, frames and complete prescription safety eyewear devices, as well as component manufacturers, must provide test results to the purchaser upon request. These are important steps forward in ensuring that all aspects of the safety standard are met in every pair of prescription safety eyewear. 

Ordinary prescription glasses do not provide adequate protection against injury. Prescription safety glasses and goggles can be obtained. 

A researcher was about to prepare an ice trap in a Dewar to cool a stationary stainless steel receiver on a chemical reactor system. The researcher had positioned the Dewar on a laboratory jack stand and had raised the Dewar into position. The Dewar imploded, propelling glass shards toward the researcher, who fortunately was wearing prescription safety glasses and received only minor facial cuts. The researcher should have been wearing a full-length face shield and should have had a cover on the Dewar. 

If you wear contact lenses, check with your supervisor about prescription safety goggles. 

The final rnle contains a few exceptions for ordinary safety-toed footwear, ordinary prescription safety eyewear, logging boots, and ordinary clothing and weather-related gear. The final rule also clarifies OSHA s requirements regarding payment for employee-owned PPE and replacement PPE. 

The final rule contains exceptions for certain ordinary protective equipment, such as safety-toe footwear, prescription safety eyewear, everyday clothing and weather-related gear, and logging boots. 

The empioyer is not required to pay for non-speciaity safety-toe protective footwear (inciuding steei-toe shoes or steei-toe boots) and nonspeciaity prescription safety eyewear, provided that the empioyer permits such items to be worn off the job-site. 

The Department of the Interior should supplement the risk-management program with prescriptive safety and pollution-preventing standards... 

If the employer requires employees to keep non-specialty safety-toe protective footwear and non-specialty prescription safety eyewear at the workplace, the employer must pay for the items. 

In cases where safety-toe protective footwear (including steel-toe shoes or steel-toe boots) and prescription safety eyewear are non-standard specialty items, the employer must pay for them. For example, prescription eyeglass inserts for full-facepiece respirators and non-skid shoes for floor strippers are specialty items, so payment will be required. 

An employer is required to pay for prescription safety glasses if they ... 

Do not provide non-prescription safety eyewear that fits comfortably over regular glasses, or... 

Do not allow employees to take prescription safety glasses off of the job-site. 

Employers are also required to pay for specialty prescription safety eyewear, such as lens inserts into full facepiece respirators (when the employee does not wear contact lenses). 

Fit. Fitting of goggles and safety spectacles should be done by someone skilled in the procedure. Prescription safety spectacles should be fitted only by qualified optical personnel. 

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Most frames can be filled with a prescription safety lens. 

The final rule does not create new requirements regarding what PPE employers must provide. It does not require payment for uniforms, items worn to keep clean, or other items that are not PPE. The final rule contains exceptions for certain ordinary protective equipmenh such as safety-toed footwear, prescription safety eyewear, everyday clothing and weather-related gear, and logging boots. 

The compliance-based safety approach is effective and useful however, its major drawback is that it does not ensure that all system potential mishap risk is reduced to the lowest effective value practical. Prescriptive safety provides a known basic level of safety, but it may fall short if further safety features are necessary for a particular system. Prescribed safety requirements only address a known set of hazards. Even for a compliance-based safety program, it is still necessary to perform HA to ensure that all hazards have been identified and the risk mitigated to the lowest level practical. 

See Prescriptive Safety and Risk-Based Safety for additional related information. 

Prescriptive safety is similar to comphance-based safety. Safety is implemented via safety requirements and design guidance provisions. In the case of prescribed requirements, there is usually no room for different design options, as the prescribed requirement must be implemented as stated. In the case of... 

Product safety is the process applied to develop and build a safe product. For many types of products, this is achieved by ensuring the product design meets government standards and requirements for that family of products (i.e., compliance-based or prescriptive safety). When the requirements are met, it is assumed the product is safe. A more effective product safety program would be to combine the prescriptive safety requirements with an SSP that implements the system safety process. 

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