33 CFR § 142.27 - Eye and face protection.

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title: "33 CFR § 142.27 - Eye and face protection."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "142.27"
section_name: "Eye and face protection."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "142"
part_name: "WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "43 U.S.C 1333(d)(1), 1347(c), 1348(c); 49 CFR 1.46(z)."
regulatory_source: "CGD 79-077, 51 FR 25059, July 10, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
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# 142.27 Eye and face protection.

(a) Personnel engaged in or observing welding, grinding, machining, chipping, handling hazardous materials, or acetylene burning or cutting shall wear the eye and face protector specified for the operation in Figure 8 of ANSI Z87.1.

(b) Eye and face protectors must be maintained in good condition.

(c) Each eye and face protector must be marked with the information required by ANSI Z87.1 for that type of protector.