Jack - You are right on target - Indirectly vented chemical splash gog
gles are required under OSHA's PPE standard and professional best practice
when it comes to working with hazardous chemicals - not safety glasses! I wrote a letter to the editor several months ago which was printed in a
n ACS professional publication concerned about the number of safe
ty violations relative to inappropriate eye protection in many of their adv
ertisements and article photos. We need to endorse and model the prof
essional/legal standard. It is bad enough to see teachers wearing ina
ppropriate eye PPE but also endorsing it for their students in labs.
I would not want to have to make the call to a parent stating it was becaus
e of my failure to foster and enforce appropriate eye protection that their
child was blinded!
Be proactive- wear the goggles! It may just save your sight!
Ken Roy
Kenneth R. Roy, Ph.D.
Science Safety Compliance Columnist/Author/Consultant
National Science Teachers Association;
Director of Environmental Health & Safety
Glastonbury Public Schools (CT);
Authorized OSHA instructor
From: "Breazeale, William H" <BreazealeW**At_Symbol_Here**COFC.ED
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Sent: Sat, Octo
ber 9, 2010 7:50:14 PM
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Safety Glasses
Would not safety goggle
s, impact and splash proof, have been better!!!!!
W. H. "Jack" Breaz
eale
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, Francis Marion University MAILING ADDRESS:
Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, Coll
ege of Charleston 71
5 High Battery Circle
Instructor, Laboratory Safety Institute Mount Pleasant, SC 29
464
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From: DCHAS-L Dis
cussion List on behalf of Andrew Gross
Sent: Sat 10/9/2010 5:48 PM
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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Safety Glasses
Now is as goo
d of time as any to remind everyone to ALWAYS wear your
safety glasses.&
nbsp; Call this a public service announcement from one of
our own.
Last week I was working on something totally routine and safe (new
job
...things are "safe" here) and next thing I knew a large volumetric
flas
k exploded. Flying glass left a 3 inch gash on my cheek. My fac
e
was covered in acetic acid from the 5L bottle that was damaged to
f
ailure, my eyes had a nice safe
front row seat to a rather cool
explosion.
S**t happens, and it
happens to the best and the most diligent when we
least expect it.
23 stitches later I'm going to be just fine because
I had my shields on
.
Stay Safe
-Andrew
