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• Employees are not required to wear safety glasses: o Inside an office. o In parking lots when traveling to and from vehicles, or office buildings using main doors that do not enter shops. Goggles • When handling or mixing liquid chemicals, solvents, paints, etc.,employees must wear chemical splash proof goggles as recommended on the Material Safety Data Sheet for the material being handled. • When blowing equipment down with air the employee must wear dust proof goggles.They must also be worn when the employee is performing a job task where safety glasses do not do an adequate job of preventing airborne particles from entering the openings around the lenses and side shields. Face Shields • When operating a hand held or immobile grinder with a wire or abrasive wheel the employee must wear a full face shield over safety glasses. The full face shield must also be used when chipping paint or concrete. Also, when performing job tasks where flying objects may potentially strike the face, if safety glasses or goggles do not provide adequate protection,the employee must wear a full face shield over safety glasses. Head Protection When working in areas where a head injury is possible due to employee initiated impact, or impact from falling or other moving objects, employees must wear protective helmets. Helmets must be in compliance with ANSI Standard Z89.1-1997 Class E,American National Standard for Industrial Head Protection for Type II head protection,or must be equally effective. • Hardhats must be worn when working in areas where head injury is possible from falling objects. • Hardhats must be worn at all warehouse, field, and shop locations, or any location where it is determined to be necessary as per the location's PPE Hazard Assessment. • Never alter hardhats in any way. • Never paint or apply unauthorized stickers, name plates, etc.on hardhats. • Never drill, cut, bend,or apply heat to a hardhat. • Never alter the suspension system of a hardhat. • Employees must inspect hardhat regularly for chips,scratches,cracks,signs of heat exposure(sun cracks),etc. • Immediate replace any defective hardhats. • Never place a hardhat in the rear window of a vehicle (they will be exposed to the sun or may become a projectile in a vehicle accident). • Hardhats must be made available to visitors. 24