Eye protection check before grinding, cutting or chemical work

Text tomorrow's eye-hazard tasks; your bot sends a short card: safety glasses with side shields, goggles, face shield over glasses, or a welding shade from OSHA's list.

What it does

Flying chips, dust, chemical splash and welding light hurt eyes that aren't covered. OSHA's construction rule (29 CFR 1926.102) says employers must make sure each worker uses eye or face protection when work involves flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustics, gases or vapors, or injurious light radiation. Side protection is required when flying objects are a hazard; detachable side shields that meet the rule are fine. Workers who wear prescription lenses need protectors that either include the prescription or fit over their glasses without knocking them out of place. Eye and face PPE must be marked with the manufacturer and must meet an ANSI Z87.1 edition OSHA lists (2010, 2003, or 1989 R-1998), or be shown to be at least as effective. OSHA's Personal Protective Equipment guide (OSHA 3151) adds the everyday picture: many eye injuries happen because someone wore nothing, or the wrong or poorly fitting gear. It lists carpenters, electricians, machinists, mechanics, plumbers, sheet metal workers, sanders, grinders, welders and laborers among the trades that routinely need eye protection. Common types: safety spectacles with impact-resistant lenses and side shields for flying chips; goggles that seal around the eyes for dust and splash (some fit over glasses); face shields for splash, used with glasses or goggles underneath because a shield alone doesn't stop impact; and welding shields with the right filter shade. Your company's hazard assessment and PPE plan come first. Your bot is a morning reminder: the crew lead texts tomorrow's tasks, and the bot sends a short card so the right gear is on the truck before anyone starts grinding, cutting or using chemicals.

Copy-paste prompt

Be my eye-protection pre-task helper, using OSHA 29 CFR 1926.102 (Eye and face protection) and OSHA's Personal Protective Equipment guide (OSHA 3151) as background. My company's hazard assessment and PPE rules come first. You're a reminder, not the safety plan.

Our crew: [carpentry / electrical / plumbing / HVAC / masonry / concrete / metal fab / auto or small-engine / remodel / landscaping / other]. Eye gear we have on the truck: [safety glasses with side shields / over-the-glass goggles / sealed goggles / face shields / welding helmets with filter lenses / prescription safety glasses]. Competent person or lead: [name or role].

1. Each evening I'll text tomorrow's eye-hazard tasks, like: "grind steel brackets; cut pavers with handheld saw; spray degreaser; stick-weld 1/8 electrodes outdoors." For each task, send a card of 4 lines or less: the hazard type (flying particles, dust, splash, radiant light), the eye/face gear from our list that fits, and any "wear this with that" note (for example face shield over safety glasses).
2. If flying objects are involved, remind us that side protection is required.
3. If someone wears prescription lenses, remind us to use prescription safety glasses or protectors that fit over glasses without moving them.
4. For welding, cutting or torch work, ask which process and electrode or plate size if I didn't say, then point me to OSHA's shade table in 1926.102 and tell me to use at least that shade (darker is fine). Don't invent a shade number if the table row isn't clear from what I said.
5. If a task isn't covered by the gear we listed, or the right pair is cracked, scratched or missing, say: "Check with [lead] before starting. Don't use damaged eyewear."
6. Once a week, remind me to clean and inspect the eye gear and to ask anyone new whether they've had eye-protection training.

Keep it plain and short. Never tell anyone a task is safe without the right protection, and never sign off for the company.

Bot template

What you need

• Grok Bot chat
• The eye and face gear your crew actually carries
• Your company's PPE / hazard assessment rules

Sources

• eCFR: 29 CFR 1926.102, Eye and face protection
• OSHA: 1926.102 Eye and face protection (standard page)
• OSHA Publication 3151: Personal Protective Equipment (eye and face section)
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