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| I just found work after a long time unemployed, but it is working in a Tungsten Carbide facility- and I will be grinding and machining green carbide all day, from 5 to sub micron dust! I am overjoyed to find work, and I didn't accept the job without realizing the health concerns, but my health is very, very important to me. I'm still rather young. Green carbide powder is nasty stuff. This facility has excellent dust collection over every machine, with a dedicated baghouse, but you can still taste the stuff in the air, and it is on everything. I will be provided with a respirator if I want one, but here's the catch- I am worried a lot more about my eyes. No one in this plant wears a full faceshield, or moonsuit, but they all wear normal safety glasses. I need help here- surely there are others out there who know the health hazards of this stuff, and work as professional grinders of steel, or even carbide. I am trying to find some kind of full orbital sealing industrial safety glasses that can be worn all day. Not motorcycle goggles. Not even safety goggles. This dust gets everywhere- in your mouth, eyes, everywhere. Are there safety glasses that exist to create a perfect orbital seal to keep out constant carbide dust for an 8-10 hour shift, without wearing a ridiculous full face mask or moonsuit? I value my health, but I will get laughed off the shop floor if I go that route. Surely there is something out there? Normal safety glasses don't account for constant heavy metals dust. What can I do? I have google searched quite a bit, and found nothing. I may just make a mold of my face and custom design something that looks like safety glasses, but allows no inward unfiltered airflow if I cannot find anything. I am working toward becoming a watchmaker someday- and I NEED to keep the perfect vision intact that I have now! I need to save my eyes, but I need a paycheck too! Can anyone please help? I will pay any amount of money for something that can do what I need here. Expensive is one thing, keeping my excellent vision intact is worth any price I can afford to pay. |
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| I always wore a respirator with the built in face shield. still do if I go in to haz areas. A moon suit would be overkill. You will find the face shield respirator is way more comfortable for a full days work. Sounds to me like the company needs to do a little better with dust collection to me. |
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| Underthetire, did you wear that working as a grinder? I will look into this type. Douglas, I have seen some with supposed "orbital seals" made of foam- they are almost always biker goggles. I have yet to see anything that's true full orbital seal and actual working safety goggles. They have what seems to be quite good dust collection- it's on every machine. It's just that this stuff is basically a pressed powder until it's sintered. It has the consistency of heavy chalk. There's bound to be dust from it everywhere, but it's not sprayed in your face as you grind it. I have a hard time believing no one has created special sealing glasses in some sort of form fit kit for grinding workers. |
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