February Safety Focus: Safety Glasses and CPSPE Prescription Safety Glasses Program

February’s Safety Focus: Safety Glasses and creating awareness for the College’s Prescription Safety Glasses Program. Anytime you are in the lab, transporting or working with hazardous substances safety glasses must be worn. Side Shields must be worn with all personal glasses. The side shields are very inexpensive to purchase. (See example picture on right)

The Prescription Safety Glasses Program: No cost to you for the basic glasses and upgrade options available for additional cost.

1. Obtain an eye exam on your own, or have a recent prescription that is less than 1 year old.
2. Print attached form, discuss with advisor, add signatures to the form.
3. Decide if you need high-impact or standard safety lenses for your work area.
4. Bring the signed form and a $10 deposit to the Director of Operations, Jason Randall.
5. You will be given an authorization form to be taken to a local Lens Crafters or Sears Optical. The personnel at the store will help guide you through the rest of the process.
6. The $10 deposit will be returned to you if you decide to return the glasses to the Director of Operations prior to leaving The University of Akron.
7. Eye Exams can be performed at the store but the cost is your responsibility.

LENSCRAFTERS

• 2000 Brittain Rd Ste 950 Akron, OH 44310
• Phone: (330) 630-8028
• 265 W Market St Ste 475 Fairlawn, OH 44333
• Phone: (330) 836-8100

SEARS Optical

• 10 Chapel Hill Plaza, Akron, OH 44308
• Phone: (330) 633-3556

Please contact Diana Woolf if you have any questions regarding the program.

Contact Information:
Diana Woolf
Safety Officer
College of Polymer Science & Polymer Engineering
The University of Akron
T: 330-972-7478
E: dwoolf@uakron.edu