5.8 Sight Conservation Program Flashcards

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Sight Conservation Program Responsibilities:

Commanding Officer?

A

Ensure that an effective sight conservation program is established within the Command,

Provide leadership by example regarding wearing of sight protection equipment.

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Sight Conservation Program Responsibilities:

Safety Officer?

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Evaluation areas, processes, and equipment not previously evaluated by the Industrial Hygienist or when modifications have been made to workplace environments.

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Sight Conservation Program Responsibilities:

The Safety Officer also determines what?

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Sight protection equipment requirements for personnel in immediate and adjacent work areas.

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Sight Conservation Program Responsibilities:

The safety officer maintains a list of what?

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Eye hazardous areas, processes,

Operations that require eye protection and those areas, which require eyewash or deluge shower facilities.

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Sight Conservation Program Responsibilities:

The safety officer conducts an annual evaluation for what?

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Command compliance to the program.

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Sight Conservation Program Responsibilities:

Division Officers?

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Ensure sight hazardous areas are properly marked and labeled,

Ensure personnel use proper eye protective devices when required.

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Sight Conservation Program Responsibilities:

Who refers personnel who wear corrective eyewear and work in eye hazard areas to the medical department to obtain prescription safety eyewear?

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Division Officers.

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Sight Conservation Program Responsibilities:

Medical Department Representative?

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Schedules sight screening examinations,

Provide refractory services and order eyeglass prescriptions as necessary.

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Sight Conservation Program Responsibilities:

All Hands?

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Comply with eye hazardous warning labels,

Properly wear sight protection equipment when in sight hazardous areas or performing eye hazardous evolutions.

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Personnel In Sight Conservation:

Who are the personnel required to be in the sight conservation program?

A

Class III or Class IV laser workers.

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Personnel Enrolled In Sight Conservation:

Who are the Class III or Class IV laser workers?

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Research and development (R&D) and laboratory personnel who routinely work with unenclosed class III (LA-9/P) and class IV laser beams,

Routinely repair or align class III or class IV laser system.

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Personnel Enrolled In Sight Conservation:

Other laser workers where the potential for accidental exposure is deemed very unlikely DO NOT require what?

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Medical surveillance.

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Designating Eye Hazardous Areas:

Determination?

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Baseline IH survey.

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Designating Eye Hazardous Areas:

Who maintains the baseline IH survey?

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Maintained by Ship’s Safety Officer.

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Designating Eye Hazardous Areas:

What are the operations requiring eye protection?

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Pouring or handling molten metals,

Pouring or handling corrosive liquids/solids,

Cutting and welding operation,

Drilling,

Grinding,

Milling,

Chipping,

Sand Blasting.

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Designating Eye Hazardous Areas:

Designation deck striping?

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2- to 3 - inch yellow and black striped or checkerboard tape,

NSN:

9905- 01-342- 5934 for checkerboard,

9905-01-342-5933 for striped tape.

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Designating Eye Hazardous Areas:

Where do you place deck striping?

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Place on deck around operator areas.

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Designating Eye Hazardous Areas:

Designation:

Where do the placards go?

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Placards mounted directly above the hazard, machinery, or door in a conspicuous location.

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Designating Eye Hazardous Areas:

What is on the placard?

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“CAUTION – Eye Protection Required in This Area”.

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Designating Eye Hazardous Areas:

Eye Hazard signs or labels are NOT required on what?

A

Individual tools.

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Shipboard Eye Protective Gear:

What are the types of protective eyewear equipment?

A

Safety goggles/spectacles,

Chemical goggles,

Welding goggles/Helmet,

Chipping goggles,

Face Shields,

Ballistic Eye Protection Devices.

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Shipboard Eye Protective Gear:

Safety Goggles?

A

Areas where possibility of flying objects, particulate, mists or vapors enter the eye,

Spectacles with suitable filters are permitted for gas welding operations for light work and for inspections.

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Shipboard Eye Protective Gear:

Chemical goggles?

A

Provide protection from liquids, splashes, mists, and sprays,

Goggles may be flexible or rigid frame with a separate, cushioned fitting surface held in place by a supporting band.

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Shipboard Eye Protective Gear:

Welding goggles/Helmet?

A

Provide protection from glare and injurious radiation,

May contain lens filters to protect eyes from ultraviolet, infrared and visible rays generated by the work operations,

Arc welding or heavy gas cutting,

Protection to the eyes, face, ears, and neck against intense radiation and weld spatter.

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Shipboard Eye Protective Gear:

Chipping goggles?

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Provide protection from relatively large flying objects such as grinding, chipping or chiseling.

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Shipboard Eye Protective Gear:

Face Shields?

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Provide protection to the face and neck from flying particles, liquids, or sprays,

Must be worn with protective eyewear for adequate protection.

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Shipboard Eye Protective Gear:

Ballistic Eye Protection Devices?

A

May replace standard safety glasses,

Provide an additional level of protection for high impact situations.

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Equipment Requirements:

General requirements are in compliance with what organization?

A

American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

29
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Equipment Requirements:

General requirements:

What designator needs to be on all eye and face protection equipment?

A

“Z-87.”

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Equipment Requirements:

General requirements:

If eyewear is re-usable, how do you clean them?

A

With hot, soapy water and rinse, then immerse into disinfectant solution for 10 minutes and allow to air dry.

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Equipment Requirements:

Temporary eyewear?

A

Command maintains sufficient quantity for visitors, workers, and personnel awaiting prescription lenses.

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Emergency Eyewash Facilities:

Eyewash stations must be what?

A

Must be available and properly maintained.

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Emergency Eyewash Facilities:

Eyewash stations require monthly what?

A

PMS requirements.

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Emergency Eyewash Facilities:

Eyewash stations must be posted with what?

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Posted with signs identifying their locations.

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Emergency Eyewash Facilities:

Eyewash stations are labeled how?

A

Green signs with white lettering identifying unit as emergency eyewash station.

36
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Emergency Eyewash Facilities:

Emergency shower and eyewash or eye/face wash units must be available wherever personnel may be exposed to what?

A

Corrosive materials.

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Emergency Eyewash Facilities:

What are examples of corrosive materials spaces?

A

Battery Charging areas,

Chemical, water testing and medical laboratories,

HAZMAT/Chemical Area,

Main and auxiliary machinery spaces,

Dark rooms and x-ray developing areas,

Paint mixing and issue rooms,

Oil labs,

Medical and dental spaces.

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Emergency Eyewash Facilities:

The eye wash station has to be what?

A

Unobstructed (same level).

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Emergency Eyewash Facilities:

Where must the eye wash stations be located?

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Must be within 10 seconds from the hazard.

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Emergency Eyewash Facilities:

How must the eye wash station be positioned?

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Be positioned within the eyewash nozzle not less than 33 inches or more than 45 inches above the deck and 6 inches minimum from the nearest wall or obstruction.

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Emergency Eyewash Facilities:

What is the flow rate for an eye wash station?

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Minimum flow rate of 0.4 gallons per minute for 15 continous minutes.

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Emergency Eyewash Facilities:

What are the types of emergency eyewash units?

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Plumbed units preferred,

If running water is not available, self-contained (portable) units are authorized.

43
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Emergency Eyewash Facilities:

Remote locations must have a visible and audible alarm when activated to alert what personnel?

A

Damage Control Central,

Quarterdeck,

Bridge.

44
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Sight Conservation Program Training:

Who conducts the sight conservation training?

A

The safety officer.

45
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Sight Conservation Program Training:

What is the periodicity of the sight conservation training?

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Conducts training for all newly reporting personnel during indoctrination and annually thereafter.

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Sight Conservation Program Training:

What are the topics of the sight conservation training?

A

Types of eye hazards and processes,

Types of eye protection,

Eyewash location and proper use,

First aid procedures.