Safety Knights

Most of our work is outside, so we allow people to wear sunglasses as long as the meet the ANSI requirements.

I guess I'm curious why you wouldn't?

I know that there can be issues with color recognition, etc., but for the most part it shouldn't be an issue.

No, clear safety glasses only unless they work outside.

Clear because tinted can potentially cause you not to see everything because its dimmer for your eyes. For example, I remember when someone backed into me, and insurance was asking them if the windows were tinted. I guess when there is tint, vision is not 100%.

Inside work, no. Clear only.
We don't work outside so haven't had to deal with that issue.

Inside work no here too. However outside work allowed and no transition glasses. That's the worst.

I've allowed the light blue tinted indoors. In fact I wear an OTC style with that tint. Most employees state that they can actually see better due to it filters out some of the glare from fluorescent lighting. Outdoors we have some employees work work off mobile service trucks so I also provide sunglass tint safety glasses for them.

Many many years ago as a new “Personnel Manager” on my very first MiOSHA CHSO visit of my career, the CHSO told me in the Closing Meeting, he was recommending we get cited
because an employee had “photo-gray” glasses and a tint was not allowed unless the employee was welding or pouring hot metal. The only exception was the employee gives you a doctor slip with the doctor stating what the medical condition required the tint. Not knowing any better I didn’t argue.
When I got the citations in the mail he cited us for the employee not having side shields on, and it was a “Non-Serious”.
Several years later I started working in a Fed OSHA state. I could find nothing about it in 1910. So I called the Appleton (Wi) office. I told them of my experience in Michigan and asked about tint in WI. The CHSO said there was nothing in 1910 directly talking about tint. However if the glasses were to dark inside and he was on an inspection and he felt they were hazardous he would find a way to make a citation.
I did not allow tints in safety glasses in our plant when I was a site manager.

Yes we do allow them to wear these , we also allow blue light and we do provide them per request . we also allow them to use safety glasses with a diopter in them.

If you are going to allow it, here is a document to help with determining what shade

https://sps-support.honeywell.com/s/relatedlist/ka02G000000DsEuQAK/AttachedContentDocuments

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