---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 84.136"
title: "42"
number: "84.136"
heading: "Facepieces, hoods, and helmets; eyepieces; minimum requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/84.136"
---

# §84.136. Facepieces, hoods, and helmets; eyepieces; minimum requirements.

- (a) Facepieces, hoods, and helmets shall be designed and constructed to provide adequate vision which is not distorted by the eyepiece.
- (b) All eyepieces except those on Types B, BE, C, and CE supplied-air respirators 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.
- (c)
  - (1) The eyepieces of AE, BE, and CE type supplied-air respirators shall be shielded by plastic, glass, woven wire, sheet metal, or other suitable material which does not interfere with the vision of the wearer.
  - (2) Shields shall be mounted and attached to the facepiece to provide easy access to the external surface of the eyepiece for cleaning.

## Notes

### Amendments

[60 FR 30355, June 8, 1995, as amended at 80 FR 3907, Jan. 26, 2015]

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 3, 5, 7, 811, 842(h), 844.

### Source

Source: 60 FR 30355, June 8, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[60 FR 30355, June 8, 1995, as amended at 80 FR 3907, Jan. 26, 2015]