42 CFR § 84.119 - Facepieces; eyepieces; minimum requirements.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s84.119"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 84.119 - Facepieces; eyepieces; minimum requirements."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "84.119"
section_name: "Facepieces; eyepieces; minimum requirements."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "84"
part_name: "APPROVAL OF RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "29 U.S.C. 651 30 U.S.C. 3, 5, 7, 811, 842(h), 844."
regulatory_source: "60 FR 30355, June 8, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "84"
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# 84.119 Facepieces; eyepieces; minimum requirements.
(a) Full facepieces shall be designed and constructed to provide adequate vision which is not distorted by the eye.
(b) All eyepieces shall be designed and constructed to be impact and penetration resistant. Federal Specification, Mask, Air Line: and Respirator, Air Filtering, Industrial, GGG-M-125d, October 11, 1965 with interim amendment-1, July 30, 1969, is an example of an appropriate standard for determining impact and penetration resistance. Copies of GGG-M-125d may be obtained from the NIOSH, National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, P.O. Box 18070, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15236.
[60 FR 30355, June 8, 1995, as amended at 80 FR 3907, Jan. 26, 2015]