I totally agree with this sentiment and I think the video is
useful for that reason. If we all took a strict, absolute interpretation of
the applicable regulations , then there would be very few lab denizens ever
wearing safety glasses and rather they would all rather be wearing chemical
splash goggles, but I don’t believe experience or risk assessment
supports this direction.
Disclaimer: I am an employee of Pfizer. The
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represent those of Pfizer.
Regards,
Dan
Dan Shiel, MBA, CSP, CHMM
Director, Risk & Quality Management Services
Pfizer La Jolla/ GO R&D West
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San Diego, CA 92121
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I, too, liked the video, even though it showed safety glasses
and not goggles. Personally, I think goggles are a safer choice. But, in my 29
years of working in the industrial research environment, I have never seen
goggles routinely used. It is hard enough to get people to wear their safety
glasses with side shields all the time, let alone goggles. Safety glasses are
better than nothing.
So, like Wayne, I think this video helps move things in the
right direction. If it encourages more people to wear safety glasses, someday
maybe we can get them into goggles.
I plan to show this at my Lab Safety committee meeting next
week. We will talk about how goggles are a better choice but this video still
has a great message.
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List [mailto:dchas-l**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU] On Behalf Of Wayne Wood
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Please forgive me for disagreeing with the lab safety guru, but
in our neck of the woods it is hard enough to get lab personnel to wear safety
glasses, let alone wear goggles. Here we require goggles when there is a
significant splash hazard but for light-to-moderate work in your typical
research lab we require safety glasses with side shields.
Unlike Jim who feels the producers are “totally
wrong”, IMHO this video can help us increase the use of eye protection.
Bravo and thank you UCSD!
W.
Wayne Wood | Associate Director, University Safety (EHS) – Directeur
Adjoint, Direction de la pr=E9vention (SSE), Services universitaires | McGill
University | 3610 McTavish Street, 4th floor | Montreal, Quebec, Canada,
H3A 1Y2 | Tel: (514) 398-2391 | Fax: (514) 398-8047
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It does not matter what type of lab you are in. If the
hazard is chemical splash or chemical droplet, the only appropriate eye
protection is either unvented or indirectly vented cover goggles (chemical
splash goggles.
See 29CFR1910.132, 29CFR1910.133, and ANSI Z-87.1
Either you want to follow the federal and California regulations
or you want to be in violation (and we all know what happens in CA if you
do that)!
While I applaud what is an otherwise excellent video, this is a
huge disservice to getting everyone to do what is required by law.
Please, Please. Please. Edit out the safety glasses for
protection against chemical splash. Without any equivocation, I believe
they are totally wrong. ... Jim
James A. Kaufman, Ph.D.
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