EYE PROTECTION

In the interest of safety and eye protection of students engaged in classes or course work that poses a hazard to eyesight, the District requires eye protective devices be worn by students. Faculty and staff engaged in the instruction or supervision of students are responsible for the implementation of this regulation.

Eye protective devices shall be worn in courses and activities including, but not limited to, vocational or applied technical shops or laboratories; fine arts and crafts laboratories; chemistry, physics, biology, or other such science laboratories; or during any other such activity where the use of hazardous or infectious materials or activities can cause injury to the eyes. Eye protective devices shall be worn by students and visitors engaged in or observing such activities. Eye protective devices shall be supplied by the students.


Any activity or the use of hazardous materials likely to cause injury to the eyes includes, but is not necessarily limited, to the following:

1. Working with hot or molten metal
2. Milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, grinding, or stamping of any solid materials
3. Heat treating, tempering, or kiln firing of any metal or other materials
4. Gas or electric arc welding
5. Repairing or servicing of any vehicles, or any other machinery or equipment
6. Working with hot liquids or solids or with chemicals which are flammable, toxic, corrosive, irritating, sensitizing, or reactive
7. Where splashes, spray, splatter, or droplets of blood or other potentially infectious materials may be generated

For purposes of this regulation, the eye protective devices utilized shall be industrial quality which meet the standards of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for "Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection" (Z87.1-1979) or for subsequent standards adopted by ANSI.


Approved: May 10, 1996