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1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />2. Eye and Face Protection <br />Any employee assigned to a task involving likelihood of eye or face injury shall wear <br />proper protection. This includes, but is not limited to the following: <br />a. Operations of grinders, <br />b. Changing mercury vapor lights, <br />c. Using air compressor <br />d. Using paint striper, <br />e. Digging holes involving concrete and asphalt, <br />f. Pounding open manhole cover seals, operation jackhammers, cutting with chisels, and <br />using power saws and lathes or any equipment involving danger of flying particles. <br />g. Welding operation, <br />h. Performing hand loading operations <br />i. Performing firearms training (Police Personnel) <br />j. Whenever splashed or sprays may generate droplets of infectious materials <br />The City will furnish OSHA approved safety frames and lenses for any employee that is required <br />to wear them. Employees that require prescription lenses shall pay the cost of the examination. <br />Each affected employee shall use equipment with filter lenses that have a shade number <br />appropriate for the work being performed for protection from injurious light radiation. The <br />following is a list of appropriate shade numbers for various operations. <br />Filter Lenses for Protection <br />Against Radiant Energy <br />26 <br />Minimum <br />Electrode <br />Protective <br />Operations <br />Size 1/32 Inch <br />Arc <br />Shade <br />Shielded metal arc <br />welding <br />Less than 3 <br />Less than 60 <br />7 <br />3 -5 <br />60 -160 <br />9 <br />5 -8 <br />160 -250 <br />10 <br />More than 8 <br />250 — 550 <br />11 <br />Gas metal and flux <br />cored arc welding <br />Less than 60 <br />7 <br />60— 160 <br />10 <br />160 -250 <br />10 <br />250 — 550 <br />10 <br />Gas tungsten arc <br />welding <br />Less than 50 <br />8 <br />50— 150 <br />8 <br />105 — 500 <br />10 <br />Air carbon <br />(Light) <br />Less than 500 <br />10 <br />Arc cutting <br />(Heavy) <br />500 — 1000 <br />11 <br />Plasm arc cutting <br />(Light) ** <br />Less than 300 <br />8 <br />26 <br />