Recommended standards for occupational and educational eye and face protection.

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• Personal Author:
  Astelford WJ ; Bessey RL ; Dunham TD ; Kulesz JJ ; Sissung M
• Description:
  Performance requirements are given for eye and face protection equipment. Definitions related to equipment, testing, and measurement terms are provided, and guidelines concerning the fit, general characteristics, and hazard resistance properties of eye and face protectors are included. Various types of protectors are described along with performance standards, testing criteria, and considerations for equipment selection, marking, usage, maintenance, storage, cleaning, and disinfection.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Asbestos Dust Environmental Monitoring Epidemiology Inorganic Chemicals Irritants Lung Lung Diseases Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety

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• Keywords:
  Contract-099-73-0017 Eye-protective-equipment Face-shields NIOSH-Contract Personal-protective-equipment Physical-properties Protective-equipment Safety-equipment;
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract;
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-62
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00118717
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1974 Oct; :1-62
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:17d557d58cc10527afe33f73045cc1742c03fede9801b650f59716c8845d1940cc2cc217ebd9fc24d0223a1142b967b7c08926423b842cf1c447410af65defd4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179127/cdc_179127_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.37 MB ]