| It used to be common for workers to scoff
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| | far beyond the thick, black rimmed
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| at the idea of wearing any sort of
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| | spectacles or the awkward goggles of the
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| personal protection equipment, or PPE.
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| | 1950s.Safety glasses can be made to
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| However, the times, the technology and
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| | a prescription and safety bifocals,
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| the laws have changed. The workplace
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| | trifocals and progressive focus lenses
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| today is a much safer place as a
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| | are
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| result.The Occupational Safety and Health
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| | standard. The lens material, too, has
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| Act was passed in 1970 to "assure safe
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| | changed. There now exist several
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| and
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| | options, from the original plastic to a
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| healthy working conditions for working
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| | new substance,
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| men and women". OSHA, the governmental
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| | polycarbonate.Polycarbonate lenses are
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| agency responsible for the enforcement
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| | lighter and more impact resistant, but
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| of the 1970 Act, determines the safety
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| | sacrifice
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| regulations required for all businesses
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| | optical clarity. A third material is
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| in the US.Hardhats, safety glasses and
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| | Trivex, the most impact resistant, while
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| goggles, steel-toed boots, protective
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| | retaining excellent optical clarity, but
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| clothing, harnesses and radioactive
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| | this lens material is quite expensive
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| dosimeter badges are just a few examples
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| | and still not as widely available as
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| of PPE that may be required on today's
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| | polycarbonate. All of these materials can
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| job-sites. The degree and type of PPE
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| | be coated a variety of tints, both
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| use is dependent on the
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| | cosmetic and functional.Goggles have
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| industry.Mandatory Personal Protective
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| | become
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| EquipmentOSHA requires that all workers
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| | somewhat of a dinosaur, as the tendency
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| use mandatory PPE in any job that poses a
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| | to fog, the poor optical clarity and the
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| threat
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| | downright discomfort have made them
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| to one's health. It is the employer's
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| | obsolete, except in specific
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| responsibility to assess the workplace
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| | circumstances.Z-87 CerificationAny safety
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| for
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| | glasses that meet or exceed OSHA
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| potential health threats and implement
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| | standards has "Z-87" stamped on the
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| the necessary steps to address any
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| | lens or temple piece. Thanks to advances
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| hazard. If such a hazard is present,
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| | in chemistry and the safety industry,
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| the employer must supply the PPE and
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| | the safety glasses of today, while
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| educate the employee on both the
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| | virtually indistinguishable from trendy,
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| potential hazards and the proper use of
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| | brand name sunglasses, protect the user
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| the
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| | from almost any hazard from a flying
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| PPE.Safety glasses must be worn in any
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| | chip to a caustic liquid.Nathan Waterman
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| situation where the worker is or might be
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| | certified and trained in heavy industry
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| exposed to flying debris, often in the
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| | PPE use and OSHA requirements writes for
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| form of sparks, dust or splashes. The
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| | recently discussed industrial
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| safety glasses of today have advanced
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| | prescription safety glasses.
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