EYE PROTECTION IN SCHOOLS, COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES Act of Jul. 19, 1965, P.L. 215, No. 116 Cl. 24 AN ACT Providing for the use of eye protective devices by persons engaged in hazardous activities or exposed to known dangers in schools, colleges and universities. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Every teacher, student, visitor, spectator, and every other person in any shop or laboratory in public or private schools, colleges and universities who is engaged in or is within the area of known danger created by (1) the use of hot liquids, solids or gases, or caustic or explosive materials, or (2) the milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, grinding or stamping of solid materials, or (3) the tempering, heat treatment or kiln firing of metals and other materials, or (4) gas or electric welding, or (5) the repairing or servicing of vehicles, shall wear industrial quality eye protective devices at all times while engaged in such activities or exposed to such known dangers. Section 2. Schools, colleges and universities shall have the power to receive Federal, State and local moneys and to expend the same to provide such devices and shall furnish such devices to all visitors and spectators and all other persons required under the provisions of this act to wear them. Section 3. Enforcement of this act shall be in accordance with standards, rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education. Section 4. For the purposes of this act, "industrial quality eye protective devices" mean devices meeting the standards of the American Standard Safety Code for Head, Eye and Respiratory Protection, Z2.1-1959, promulgated by the American Standards Association, Incorporated. |