be provided with protective eye wear ?
This will depend upon the employer’s risk assessment made under the Management of Health and Safety Regulations (downloadable here: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1999/19993242.htm). As a general rule, HSE would expect protective eyewear to be worn by people who operate lasers of a Class greater than 3A in situations where there is the possibility of personal access to the laser aperture (ie. open beam path equipment).
This will depend upon the employer’s risk assessment made under the Management of Health and Safety Regulations (downloadable here: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3242/contents/made). As a general rule, HSE would expect protective eyewear to be worn by people who operate lasers of a Class greater than the old 3A or greater than 2M in situations where there is the possibility of personal access to the laser aperture (ie. open beam path equipment). If viewing aids are in common usage by workers or eye aversion responses are unreliable (i.e. a person’s natural tendency to avert their gaze from bright lights), then eyewear may well be necessary for any laser that exceeds Class 1.
