You may need to change the safety glasses you are issuing to workers if
their eyes are that far away.  
I wear prescription glasses full-time.  I can make a microscope work
even with glasses on (I wouldn't be able to see anything at all if I
took my glasses off).  Someone with just safety glasses should be able
to use a microscope with safety glasses - they just need to get used to
a different way to look through the lenses - they'll grumble, but
they'll figure it out.  For people with prescription glasses, they get
an allowance to buy prescription safety glasses, so they don't have to
wear the safety glasses that fit over regular glasses.

I've found that simplicity works best with rules about what to wear
when.  If you start having zones where people can go without, it can get
really confusing really fast, especially if you shift around your floor
layout from time to time.
We've had solder splashes and exacto blade chunks zing off of a safety
glass lens, which really nails it down why we have the policy in place. 

-----Original Message-----
From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roger Mack
Sent: March 6, 2009 9:06 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [TN] safety glasses

We are implementing a mandatory safety glasses policy across all of
manufacturing. This will replace the requirement for use in just
designated areas.

How do you handle the use of microscopes with a safety glasses policy?
Are inspectors allowed to remove glasses while using microscopes? The
current issued glasses leave your eye too far from the eyepieces for a
full view.

We do have a few of the Vision Engineering Lynx scopes, but most are
Leica or B&L stereo microscopes.


Roger Mack  P.Eng. 
Manufacturing Specialist
Parker Hannifin Corporation
Electronic Controls Division
1305 Clarence Avenue
Winnipeg, MB  R3T 1T4 Canada 
direct 204 453 3339 x373
www.vansco.ca
www.parker.com





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