California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety
Subchapter 7 - General Industry Safety Orders
Group 2 - Safe Practices and Personal Protection
Article 10 - Personal Safety Devices and Safeguards
Section 3382 - Eye and Face Protection
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Employees working in locations where there is a risk of receiving eye injuries such as punctures, abrasions, contusions, or burns as a result of contact with flying particles, hazardous substances, projections or injurious light rays which are inherent in the work or environment, shall be safeguarded by means of face or eye protection. Suitable screens or shields isolating the hazardous exposure may be considered adequate safeguarding for nearby employees.
The employer shall provide and ensure that employees use protection suitable for the exposure.
(b) Where exposed to injurious light rays, the shade of lens to use in any instance shall be selected in accordance with the following table. Protection against radiant energy--Selection of shade numbers for welding filter. Table EP-1 shall be used as a guide for the selection of the proper shade numbers of filter lenses or plates used in welding. Shade more dense than those listed may be used to suit the individual's needs.
TABLE EP-1--FILTER LENS SHADE NUMBERS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIANT ENERGY
| Welding operation | Shade number |
| Shielded metal-arc welding 1 1/16 -, 3/32 -, 1/8, 5/32 -inch diameter electrodes.......................... | ..........................10 |
| Gas-shielded arc welding (nonferrous) 1/16 -, 3/32 -, 1/8 -, 5/32 -inch diameter electrodes.......................... | ..........................11 |
| Gas-shielded arc welding (ferrous) 1/16 -, 3/32 -, 1/8 -, 5/32 -inch diameter electrodes.......................... | ..........................12 |
| Shielded metal-arc welding 3/16 -, 7/32 -, 1/4 -inch diameter electrodes.......................... | ..........................12 |
| 5/16 -, 3/8 -inch diameter electrodes.......................... | ..........................14 |
| Atomic hydrogen welding.......................... | ..........................10-14 |
| Carbon-arc welding.......................... | ..........................14 |
| Soldering.......................... | ..........................2 |
| Welding operation | Shade number |
| Torch brazing.......................... | ..........................3 or 4 |
| Light cutting, up to 1 inch.......................... | ..........................3 or 4 |
| Medium cutting, 1 inch to 6 inches.......................... | ..........................4 or 5 |
| Heavy cutting, over 6 inches.......................... | ..........................5 or 6 |
| Gas welding (light), up to 1/8 -inch.......................... | ..........................4 or 5 |
| Gas welding (medium), 1/8 -inch to 1/2 -inch.......................... | ..........................5 or 6 |
| Gas welding (heavy), over 1/2 -inch.......................... | ..........................6 or 8 |
(c) Where eye protection is required and the employee requires vision correction, such eye protection shall be provided as follows:
NOTE: The wearing of contact lens is prohibited in working environments having harmful exposure to materials or light flashes, except when special precautionary procedures, which are medically approved, have been established for the protection of the exposed employee.
(d)
(e) Laser Protection. Employees whose occupation or assignment requires exposure to laser beams shall be furnished suitable laser safety goggles which will protect for the specific wavelength of the laser and be of optical density (O.D.) adequate for the energy involved. Table EP-2 lists the maximum power or energy density for which adequate protection is afforded by glasses of optical densities from 5 through 8.
TABLE EP-2--SELECTING LASER SAFETY GLASS
| Intensity | Attenuation | |
| CW maximum power density (watts/cm2) | Optical density (O.D.) | Attenuation factor |
| 10-2 | 5 | 105 |
| 10-1 | 6 | 106 |
| 1.0 | 7 | 107 |
| 10.0 | 8 | 108 |
Output levels falling between lines in this table shall require the higher optical density.
1.
Repealer and new section filed 7-11-74; effective thirtieth day thereafter
(Register 74, No. 28).
2. Amendment of subsection (d) filed 10-5-77;
effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 77, No. 41).
3.
Amendment of subsection (a) filed 4-16-80; effective thirtieth day thereafter
(Register 80, No. 16).
4. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 7-8-85;
effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 28).
5.
Amendment of newly designated subsection (d)(1) and new subsection (d)(2) filed
12-13-94; operative 1-12-95 (Register 94, No. 50).
6. New subsection
(d)(3) filed 9-30-96; operative 10-30-96 (Register 96, No.
40).
Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.
