[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 7]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1917.91]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                          OF LABOR (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1917--MARINE TERMINALS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart E--Personal Protection
 
Sec. 1917.91  Eye and face protection.


    (a)(1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses 
appropriate eye and/or face protection where there are exposures to eye 
and/or face hazards. Such equipment shall comply with American National 
Standards Institute, ANSI Z-87.1-1989, ``Practice for Occupational and 
Educational Eye and Face Protection.''
    (2) For employees wearing corrective spectacles, eye protection 
equipment required by paragraph (a)(1) of this section must be of a type 
which can be worn over spectacles. Prescription ground safety lenses may 
be substituted if they provide equivalent protection.
    (3) For additional requirements covering eye protection against 
radiant energy, see Sec. 1917.152(h).
    (b) Eye protection equipment shall be maintained in good condition.
    (c) Used eye protection equipment shall be cleaned and disinfected 
before reissuance to another employee.

[48 FR 30909, July 5, 1983, as amended at 62 FR 40201, July 25, 1997]