11 A. Employees within certain departments that require uniforms must wear the provided uniforms while at work. The department director may exempt certain employees on an individual need. B. Protective eyewear shall be worn at all times, in all areas, and on all jobs designated by the supervisor. Safety glasses shall NOT be substituted for the required equipment. The required equipment shall be worn over the safety glasses. a. Goggles or face shields must be worn on all chipping, grinding, sandblasting, buffing, and wire brushing operations, in breaking rock or concrete, or in any other situation where flying particles may injure the eye. b. Welders and employees working around welding operations must wear gloves and approved face shields or goggles to prevent flash burns to the eye. c. Chemical eye goggles must be worn when there is a danger of eye damage from heat or chemical reactions. This also applies to employees whose job duties require them to work with pesticides. C. Respirators shall be worn at all times as supplied and prescribed by the supervisor. a. All employees designated to work in areas, which may require emergency respiratory equipment, shall receive training on the appropriate departmental equipment at six-month intervals. Respiratory equipment shall meet OSHA requirements and shall be inspected monthly. A log shall be maintained of such inspections and all employee training on respiratory equipment shall be documented. b. Employees required to operate respiratory equipment shall have no facial hair interfering with the respirator operation at any time. Facial hair shall be defined as facial hair under the sealing surface of the respirator and/or facial hair inside the respirator of a length that will touch the exhalation valve. D. Gloves or similar hand protection shall be worn at all times as supplied and prescribed by the supervisor and under the following conditions: a. When handling wire, wire rope, refuse, or sheet metal. b. Protective neoprene gloves shall be worn when handling chemicals, which may irritate the hands. c. Departments may require additional conditions for the use of hand protection. E. Approved safety hard hats shall be worn at all times as supplied and prescribed by the supervisor.
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