Safety goggles
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Safety goggles
During the last go around with grinding I was getting crap coming in from the sides of my glasses.
I have several pair and they are wrap-around style the ones on the picture were the best until they somehow got scratched. They also had readers in them which I can't have done anymore.
Since my old safety glasses with the head band to hole them on are now useless (the head band went to pot because of age and the foam is dropping off plus the see through part is so scratched up that it was hard to see) I got some new ones today...
I didn't really look at them until I got home other than I noticed no foam around the contact areas but then I noticed the breathers (the white things) instead of the holes drilled in the sides (which don't work well) to aid in defogging. I have tried them on but not used them yet but the idea of the breathing doodies vs. the side breathing holes alone looks pretty good to start with.
I got them at Lowes and the brand is 3M. They claim to meet ANSI Z87.1. ANSI standards I am more than a little familiar with which makes me a bit more at ease with them.
Features:
Impact-resistant.
Blocks 99.9% UV.
Indirect Ventilation.
For what it is worth...
Lee
I have several pair and they are wrap-around style the ones on the picture were the best until they somehow got scratched. They also had readers in them which I can't have done anymore.
Since my old safety glasses with the head band to hole them on are now useless (the head band went to pot because of age and the foam is dropping off plus the see through part is so scratched up that it was hard to see) I got some new ones today...
I didn't really look at them until I got home other than I noticed no foam around the contact areas but then I noticed the breathers (the white things) instead of the holes drilled in the sides (which don't work well) to aid in defogging. I have tried them on but not used them yet but the idea of the breathing doodies vs. the side breathing holes alone looks pretty good to start with.
I got them at Lowes and the brand is 3M. They claim to meet ANSI Z87.1. ANSI standards I am more than a little familiar with which makes me a bit more at ease with them.
Features:
Impact-resistant.
Blocks 99.9% UV.
Indirect Ventilation.
For what it is worth...
Lee
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Re: Safety goggles
Never got on with goggles. Found grit gets in the vent holes & if taped up they fog. Prefer a face shield. Stops red hot chips hitting your forehead too.
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That is why I mentioned these. No vent hole drilled in but solid valving for the air flow. I have used them now and they do work quite well. I grant you, the spray from grinding does hit you noggin.
I have had problems with the shields. They fog, scratch easily, in the way, and the offal can still get under the shield and into your face. With the eye problems I have this is not good.
It is a preference for each person but being that it complies with a ANSI standard and for a cheap price... that is what surprised me and why I posted it.
Lee
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https://www.ansi.org/
https://www.iso.org/home.html https://www.iso.org/about-us.html
These are 2 of the top standards I had to deal with when I was working. There were other associated standards but these are more of less the top of the pile. ANSI is for US (SAE when I was working but I think Metric is now involved in the mix) and ISO (Metric) is more of a worldwide standard.
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https://www.iso.org/home.html https://www.iso.org/about-us.html
These are 2 of the top standards I had to deal with when I was working. There were other associated standards but these are more of less the top of the pile. ANSI is for US (SAE when I was working but I think Metric is now involved in the mix) and ISO (Metric) is more of a worldwide standard.
Lee
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I have recent experience with this whole Safety glasses thing...
I am currently waiting for my second pair to come in as they screwed up the grind on my first set... I just bought a whole bunch glasses... 2 sets of them, one with my dailies, one exactly like those with Sunglass polarization... and the third set (I'm working on, is for the new job that requires Safety glasses from the front door to anywhere within the system...
In my case, vision is crucial as I need good walking/driving/normal vision as well as reading SUPER up close due to where I have to put my head in order to work on some of the train parts I work on (working in a pit beneath the trains I stand tall enough to be 10 inches above the rails)... I used to just wear the goggles over my glasses, on an as-needed basis, but this place I work isn't gonna allow such. My newest ones on the way, are ANSI And have the Winglets on beachside, and are acceptable by the company. However, there are certain operations (Mostly high tension electrical) where we are required to wear additional face and eye protection to perform. Mostly to avoid arc flash damage to our faces and upper bodies. I already wear Fire retardant clothing and other gear...so an added Safety for my face is welcome when working with anything that produces flying debris. My Safety glasses are ANSI rated and ISO rated (when I get my new ones).
I am currently waiting for my second pair to come in as they screwed up the grind on my first set... I just bought a whole bunch glasses... 2 sets of them, one with my dailies, one exactly like those with Sunglass polarization... and the third set (I'm working on, is for the new job that requires Safety glasses from the front door to anywhere within the system...
In my case, vision is crucial as I need good walking/driving/normal vision as well as reading SUPER up close due to where I have to put my head in order to work on some of the train parts I work on (working in a pit beneath the trains I stand tall enough to be 10 inches above the rails)... I used to just wear the goggles over my glasses, on an as-needed basis, but this place I work isn't gonna allow such. My newest ones on the way, are ANSI And have the Winglets on beachside, and are acceptable by the company. However, there are certain operations (Mostly high tension electrical) where we are required to wear additional face and eye protection to perform. Mostly to avoid arc flash damage to our faces and upper bodies. I already wear Fire retardant clothing and other gear...so an added Safety for my face is welcome when working with anything that produces flying debris. My Safety glasses are ANSI rated and ISO rated (when I get my new ones).
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Re: Safety goggles
Interesting Scott. I agree that the circumstances mandate any one or a combination of different protections both visual and from material(s).
My work situation, before they divided up the rooms with cubicles, was verbal and phone ringing noise from about 500+ people in a very large room then came the addition of computers and the silence was deafening .
Lee
My work situation, before they divided up the rooms with cubicles, was verbal and phone ringing noise from about 500+ people in a very large room then came the addition of computers and the silence was deafening .
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LOL... Makes sense, Lee..
I hadn't even factored in hearing protection yet... I have to carry/wear a radio all day at work (All night now), and the ambient noise makes it difficult to hear the radio at nearly any time. If not down in the pit or adjacent to a train Compressor or blower or AC unit... Up on the Tracks in the wind, which is equal in it's ability mask sounds I NEED to hear... I'd have quit my job without the cubicles had I been you.
I hadn't even factored in hearing protection yet... I have to carry/wear a radio all day at work (All night now), and the ambient noise makes it difficult to hear the radio at nearly any time. If not down in the pit or adjacent to a train Compressor or blower or AC unit... Up on the Tracks in the wind, which is equal in it's ability mask sounds I NEED to hear... I'd have quit my job without the cubicles had I been you.
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Re: Safety goggles
My late stepson worked for one of the railroads too. Not where you were but it was still noisy repairing track then working in the switch yard making up trains.SCOTTRODS wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2019 4:59 pm LOL... Makes sense, Lee..
I hadn't even factored in hearing protection yet... I have to carry/wear a radio all day at work (All night now), and the ambient noise makes it difficult to hear the radio at nearly any time. If not down in the pit or adjacent to a train Compressor or blower or AC unit... Up on the Tracks in the wind, which is equal in it's ability mask sounds I NEED to hear... I'd have quit my job without the cubicles had I been you.
When I started, my 3d job; my first real job, it was so confusing that I really didn't notice the noise and got use to it quickly. I was so inexperienced that the older engineer I was assigned retired rather than have to deal with me any more (to be honest I really think I drove him to finally retire as he got so frustrated). I then got assigned to a younger engineer who really helped me a lot. That is where I learned to not run when things got loud (he grabbed me as I took off the first time and told me "I want you to listen to this". I learned a lot from that discussion once I was aware of just what was going on) so that it sounded like a full blown arguement and the participants were getting ready for a fist fight. Those were the ones that you learned the logic from all sides of a discussion; dissminating the info passed from them then you worked with what you heard. A lot of that first 4 years of training I still use today; a lot of new hires couldn't deal with it and quit. It prepared me for the next 30 years of work.
We weren't allowed radios or anything like them back then (I still don't think they are allowed as they can be distracting). I still rarely have a radio on when I am driving as it can be distracting to the total awareness of what I a trying to do.
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The trains I work on are electric Sky Link Trains at DFW Airport. VERY interesting to work on completely autonomous machines. They are 2 car only at this time, but are capable of up to 4 cars each. We run as many as 16 trains during the day, on a 5 mile loop (inner loop and outer loops running opposite directions) I work both "In the yard" inspecting and repairing them, and up on the "tracks with is actually a running surface of concrete with a rail down the middle of each loop, and switches that allow adding/subtracting trains form the system, and moving them to the yard for their bi-daily, weekly, or monthly inspections and service. We have 4 Heavy bays that we Jack the trains up in, and work underneath them on things that cannot be done on the ground as well. 16 ton trains jacked up all at one time. It's a spectacle to see for sure, and first time around I was gun shy and wouldn't stay within a "perceived Crash area" or fall trajectory. Each car weighs 16k pounds. 2 cars = 16 tons... I've gotten used to the jacking procedures for now, but it is quite scary at first.Ol'fogasaurus wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2019 6:34 pm My late stepson worked for one of the railroads too. Not where you were but it was still noisy repairing track then working in the switch yard making up trains.
Edited out - but interesting nonetheless...
We weren't allowed radios or anything like them back then (I still don't think they are allowed as they can be distracting). I still rarely have a radio on when I am driving as it can be distracting to the total awareness of what I a trying to do.
Lee
The radios we carry are nothing more than communicators of the ancient kind... we're not allowed any other electronics in our work areas AT ALL. you can't even take one through the shop without Putting it in a bag to take it to the lunch room and lock it up , where they supply lock boxes for cell phones with charger access holes in the bottom row, and outlets beneath... Just basic police radio style stuff is what I was referring to though. I have a hard time making out what they say on the thing most of the time... but I'm just an Old Trainee... or the FNG in most cases. I get to do the dirty stuff while everyone watches ...LOL It all pays the same to me.
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I didn't know DFW had electric train service to their airport. Sounds like a very necessary job to have and hold onto.
Seattle has a "light rail" train to SEATAC airport and back. We're trying to get light rail all over the place as the roads here are getting as crowded as So. CA and there is no room for the freeways to widen out to accommodate the situation (I still think a HOT WHEELS loop on the on-ramps will solve a lot of that problem by getting a lot of people off the freeways plus the wreckers and hospitals will get more business).
In the Metro areas things here in the states even the new cars are designed to accommodate the stop and go freeway slowdowns and wrecks by automatically shutting the motor off after a certain period of time. Irritating to say the least when every block or two the city streets have stop lights and the engine shuts off at each light. I am afraid I will need a new starter in a couple of years as I sometimes forget to turn the system off .
Lee
Seattle has a "light rail" train to SEATAC airport and back. We're trying to get light rail all over the place as the roads here are getting as crowded as So. CA and there is no room for the freeways to widen out to accommodate the situation (I still think a HOT WHEELS loop on the on-ramps will solve a lot of that problem by getting a lot of people off the freeways plus the wreckers and hospitals will get more business).
In the Metro areas things here in the states even the new cars are designed to accommodate the stop and go freeway slowdowns and wrecks by automatically shutting the motor off after a certain period of time. Irritating to say the least when every block or two the city streets have stop lights and the engine shuts off at each light. I am afraid I will need a new starter in a couple of years as I sometimes forget to turn the system off .
Lee
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The train service is from terminal to terminal... not to/from the airport. There are two separate Transporter trains coming into the airport (Both ternate right at the building I work in) One from Dallas, the other from Fort Worth, as the airport is almost directly between the two - The Trains I work on, run-in a continuous loop clockwise and anti-clockwise around the airport, on two loops, inner and outer (one is inside the terminals, the other runs outside the terminals) and there are 2 platforms per terminal, with access from both loops. It's the largest of its kind in the world currently, at 5 miles around the loops. So basically a very closed system, and the trains are completely automated unless some failure occurs. At that point we have recovery "techs" that board the trains to try simple recovery techniques or identify that a Mechanic may be required to get the trains up and running as quickly as possible. Usually recovery takes less than 5 minutes. Some days aren't so good, but mostly short term interruptions are our norm. If the interruptions in service are too long or too often, our company (Bombardier) gets dinged financially for the incident/s... so there's incentive to keep it going strong.
Sorry about the highjack on the thread, Lee. It wasn't my intention, but I did want to explain the system since I know it has a tiny bit of interest to you.
Suffice it to say, Bombardier is a VERY safety conscious company, that requires a tone of PPE, of which, Safety glasses are a huge and constant part of.
Sorry about the highjack on the thread, Lee. It wasn't my intention, but I did want to explain the system since I know it has a tiny bit of interest to you.
Suffice it to say, Bombardier is a VERY safety conscious company, that requires a tone of PPE, of which, Safety glasses are a huge and constant part of.
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Re: Safety goggles
No highjack involved. I brought up the question as I am still interested in they why and wheretofores of things.
Lee
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