GLGA Member Question – Safety Glasses in the Pressroom

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Do you require staff use of safety glasses and/or protective goggles in your pressrooms?

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We require safety glasses and vests in all production areas at all times except when color is being checked in the viewing areas (then glasses can be temporarily removed).

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Currently the only time we require employees to wear protective eye wear is when they are changing the battery on the forklifts.

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We require safety glasses in all areas of the warehouse.

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We require safety glasses whenever employees are handling any chemicals.

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We recently implemented a safety eyewear requirement for our pressroom. It takes a little while to get used to them, but we have had a very high compliance rate. People wear the eye protection at all times, in all departments on the manufacturing floor.

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