Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Part I - Department of Labor and Industry
Chapter 39 - SAFETY STANDARDS-GENERAL
Subchapter C - HEAD AND EYE PROTECTION
SPECIFICATIONS
Section 39.566 - Sterilization of protectors

Universal Citation: 34 PA Code ยง 39.566

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024

Protectors shall be sterilized before issuance to the employes. Protectors after having been worn by an employe, shall be sterilized before reissuance to any other employe. The following are methods of sterilization:

(1) Immersion of goggles and cases in boiling water for a period of five minutes. This does not apply to protectors utilizing plastic lenses.

(2) Immersion of goggles and cases for ten minutes in a solution of formalin, made by placing three grams (not quite a teaspoonful) of 40% formaldehyde into a quart of water.

(3) Protectors and parts which would ordinarily deteriorate if they were sterilized by either of the above methods, shall be subjected to sterilization by antiseptic gases. An atmosphere of formaldehyde is suggested.

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