Sec. 1288.
(1) Each pupil and teacher participating in a course included in this section shall wear industrial quality eye protective devices, which have been sanitized prior to use, if exposure to danger exists while participating in the course. The board shall furnish the devices for pupils, teachers, and visitors to the classrooms or laboratories. The courses for which protective devices are required are:
(a) Vocational or industrial arts shops or laboratories involving the use of or working with hot molten metals; milling, sawing, turning, shaping, grinding, cutting, or stamping of solid materials; heat treatment, tempering, or kiln firing of metal or other materials; gas or electric arc welding; repair or servicing of vehicles; or caustic or explosive materials.
(b) Chemical or combined chemical-physical laboratory work involving acid, caustic, or explosive chemicals or hot liquids or solids.
(2) The state board shall promulgate rules to enforce this section.
(3) As used in this section, “industrial quality eye protective device” means a device meeting the standards of the American standard safety code for head, eye, and respiratory protection, Z87.1-1968, promulgated by the American standards association, incorporated.
History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
Popular Name: Act 451
Admin Rule: R 390.1301 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
Last modified: October 10, 2016