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Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division Oregon Administrative Rules AO 2-2023 Division 2 - 6. Devices with adjustable features. Adjustments should be made on an individual basis for a comfortable fit that will maintain the protective device in the proper position. Particular care should be taken in fitting devices for eye protection against dust and chemical splash to ensure that the devices are sealed to the face. In addition, proper fitting of helmets is important to ensure that it will not fall off during work operations. In some cases a chin strap may be necessary to keep the helmet on an employee's head. (Chin straps should break at a reasonable low force, however, so as to prevent a strangulation hazard.) Where manufacturer's instructions are available, they should be followed carefully. - 7. Reassessment of hazards. It is the responsibility of the safety officer to reassess the workplace hazard situation as necessary, by identifying and evaluating new equipment and processes, reviewing accident records, and reevaluating the suitability of previously selected PPE. - 8. Selection chart guidelines for eye and face protection. Some occupations (not a complete list) for which eye protection should be routinely considered are: carpenters, electricians, machinists, mechanics and repairers, millwrights, plumbers and pipe fitters, sheet metal workers and tinsmiths, assemblers, sanders, grinding machine operators, lathe and milling machine operators, sawyers, welders, laborers, chemical process operators and handlers, and timber cutting and logging workers. The following chart provides general guidance for the proper selection of eye and face protection to protect against hazards associated with the listed hazard 'source' operations. Eye and Face Protection Selection Chart

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## Subpart E-Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment AUTHORITY: 40 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.; 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR [redacted postal code]), 9-83 (48 FR [redacted postal code]), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 5-2002 (67 FR [redacted postal code]), 5-2007 (72 FR [redacted postal code]), 4-2010 (75 FR [redacted postal code]), or 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), as applicable; and 29 CFR part 1911. ## §1926.102 Eye and face protection. - (a) General. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation. - (2) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses eye protection that provides side protection when there is a hazard from flying objects. Detachable side protectors ( e.g. clip-on or slide-on side shields) meeting the pertinent requirements of this section are acceptable. - (3) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee who wears prescription lenses while engaged in operations that involve eye hazards wears eye protection that incorporates the prescription in its design, or wears eye protection that can be worn over the prescription lenses without disturbing the proper position of the prescription lenses or the protective lenses. - (4) Eye and face PPE shall be distinctly marked to facilitate identification of the manufacturer. - (5) Protectors shall meet the following minimum requirements: - (i) They shall provide adequate protection against the particular hazards for which they are designed. - (ii) They shall be reasonably comfortable when worn under the designated conditions. - (iii) They shall fit snugly and shall not unduly interfere with the movements of the wearer. - (iv) They shall be durable. - (v) They shall be capable of being disinfected. - (v…

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Division 2 AO 2-2023 Oregon Administrative Rules Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division ## Notes to Eye and Face Protection Selection Chart - (1) Care should be taken to recognize the possibility of multiple and simultaneous exposure to a variety of hazards. Adequate protection against the highest level of each of the hazards should be provided. Protective devices do not provide unlimited protection. - (2) Operations involving heat may also involve light radiation. As required by the standard, protection from both hazards must be provided. - (3) Face shields should only be worn over primary eye protection (spectacles or goggles). - (4) As required by the standard, filter lenses must meet the requirements for shade designations in OAR [redacted phone](8)(e). Tinted and shaded lenses are not filter lenses unless they are marked or identified as such. - (5) As required by the standard, persons whose vision requires the use of prescription lenses must wear either protective devices fitted with prescription lenses or protective devices designed to be worn over regular prescription eyewear. - (6) Wearers of contact lenses must also wear appropriate eye and face protection devices in a hazardous environment. It should be recognized that dusty and/or chemical environments may represent an additional hazard to contact lens wearers. - (7) Caution should be exercised in the use of metal frame protective devices in electrical hazard areas. - (8) Atmospheric conditions and the restricted ventilation of the protector can cause lenses to fog. Frequent cleansing may be necessary. - (9) Welding helmets or face shields should be used only over primary eye protection (spectacles or goggles). - (10) Non-side-shield spectacles are available for frontal protection only, but are not acceptable eye protection for the sources and operations listed for 'impact.' - (11) Ventilation should be adequate, but well protected from splash entry. Eye and face protection should be design…