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VISION PROTECTION
Keep vision PPE in good condition and have it replaced if it becomes damaged.
ANSI/ISEA Z87.1-2015, American National Standard for Occu- pational and Educational Personal Eye and Face Protection Devices, establishes criteria for the general requirements, testing, perma- nent marking, selection, care, and use of protectors to prevent or reduce the severity of injuries from hazards such as impact, non- ionizing radiation, and liquid splash exposures in occupational and educational environments, including, but not limited to, machin- ery operations, material welding and cutting, chemical handling, and assembly operations.
ANSI Z87.1-2015 provides clarifications to markings on lenses and frames, and seeing a “Z87+” mark on your lenses and frames means the glasses or goggles have been tested for impact resistance and found satisfactory. The “Z87+” marking indicates high-veloci- ty impact, while “Z87” alone means basic impact.
For their part, workers can do four things to protect their eyes from injury:
■ Know the eye safety dangers at their work.
■ Eliminate hazards before starting work by using machine guards, screens, and other types of engineering controls.
■ Wear appropriate eye protection for the hazards.
■ Keep vision PPE in good condition and have it replaced if it becomes damaged.
Eye Health National Summit Coming Up
Prevent Blindness will host the 8th Annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit on July 17, 2019, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The event aims to elevate the national dialogue among diverse stakeholder groups around vision and significant public health issues.
This year’s meeting has the theme, “A Lifetime of Vision” and an agenda featuring discussions on surveillance, health promotion, and state and community programs affecting vision and eye health at different points of person’s life.
The event’s closing plenary speaker will be the 2019 winner of the Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Pub- lic Health, Cynthia Owsley, Ph.D., MSPH, the Nathan E. Miles Chair of Ophthalmology and Director of the Clinical Research Unit at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. The award will be presented at the summit.
Jerry Laws is the editor of Occupational Health & Safety. REFERENCES
1. https://www.aoa.org/patients-and-public/caring-for-your-vision/ protecting-your-vision
2. https://www.preventblindness.org/summit-2019
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