An Urgent Bulletin from CSA Group

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1 An Urgent Bulletin from CSA Group Occupational Health & Safety Products No. 94 Effective Date: September 1, 2017 Date: February 19, 2016 Apply Before October 1, 2016 Announcing: Z Eye and Face Protectors See Attachment 1 for affected Class Numbers. To purchase the Standard, visit us at Who is affected? Manufacturers of eye and face protectors. What do you do? 1. CSA Group Service Delivery staff will contact you to address compliance with each revision as applicable to the product designs covered in your affected Certification Reports. In addition to updates to your Certificate(s) of Compliance & Report(s), testing may be required to comply with these revisions. 2. Please respond within thirty (30) days of receiving CSA Group s Application for CSA Certification Services and Quotation communication. You must respond no later than October 1, 2016 in order to guarantee the update to your certification is completed by September 1, If testing is needed, we will inform you of the samples required. Approvals: This Standard was prepared by the Technical Committee on Eye and Face Protection, under the jurisdiction of the Strategic Steering Committee on Occupational Health and Safety, and has been formally approved by the Technical Committee. Major : See attachment 2 0BFor questions specific to your file or products contact your CSA Group technical staff associate. Go to and enter your Master Contract # and the class numbers associated with this Notice to determine which of your products are affected. For technical questions on this Certification Notice Contact Sally Guo by phone , fax or sally.guo@csagroup.org The standard edition or amendments announced in this Notice may be used for certification as of the date of issue of this Notice. The Effective date in this Notice is the date on which the current requirements, applicable to Certified products listed in the affected class numbers, expire and the standard edition or amendments announced in this Notice become the only requirements that may be used for certification. In the event that currently certified products do not comply with the latest requirements outlined in this Notice after the effective date, the certification of such models may be discontinued. Visit us at click on "Contact Us" for the online phone listing of our Offices and Partners DQD Rev The Canadian Standards Association. All rights reserved. Ref No: N I:\Wgm4\DOC_CTRL\Notices\L-O\OccuHealthSafetyProd94.docm Page 1 of 5

2 ATTACHMENT 1 Affected Class Numbers Class No: , OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PRODUCTS - Industrial Eye and Face Protectors , OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PRODUCTS - Industrial Eye and Face Protectors- Prescription Lenses-Component Acceptance , OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PRODUCTS - Industrial Eye and Face Protectors-Frame for Prescription Lenses-Component Acceptance , OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PRODUCTS - Industrial Eye and Face Protectors-Listing of Optical Laboratories , OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PRODUCTS - Industrial Eye and Face Protectors - Automatic Filters ATTACHMENT 2 Major Clause 2 Reference publications - Updated Z to Z Industrial protective headwear Performance, selection, care, and use - Added Z Selection, use, and care of protective eyewear user guide - Updated Z to Z Face protectors for use in ice hockey - Added Z Workplace electrical safety - Updated ACGIH (American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists) Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents in the Work Environment with Intended Changes for 2006 to Updated ANSI Z to Z Ophthalmics Nonprescription Sunglasses and Fashion Eyewear Requirements - Added Z , Safe Use of Lasers - Added Z , Testing and Labeling of Laser Protective Equipment - Updated ASTM D to ASTM D , Standard Test Method for Haze and Luminous Transmittance of Transparent Plastics - Added ASTM F , Standard Test Method for Determining the Arc Rating and Standard Specification for Face Protective Products - Added EN 168:2001 Personal eye-protection Non-optical test methods - Added Oyaide-ofenor, M (2014). Studies on Impact Resistance of Spectacle Lens Materials. MSc thesis, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario. 3 Definitions - Added definitions: Arc flash hazard, Primary line of sight. - Modified definition of the luminous transmittance to include Illuminant A. - Changed the definition of the qualified professional to a person who is qualified to dispense ophthalmic products in a given jurisdiction. 4 Types of hazards - Added two new types of hazards: 1) I Lasers 2) J Electric arc flash. - Added note 3 to clarify: Safety spectacles are not designed to provide primary protection for exposure to electric arc and should not be used on their own in circumstances where electric arc exposure is present. In applications where there is a possibility of exposure to electric arcs, eye and face protectors tested and classified in accordance with ASTM F2178 and selected in accordance with CSA Z462 should be used. 5 Classification of eye and face protective devices - Clause 5.1 added a note: For selection of protectors, refer to CSA Z Clause 5.2 c) added Class 1C laser-protective spectacles. Note: No test procedure and requirement were specified in Z for Class 1C products. I:\Wgm4\DOC_CTRL\Notices\L-O\OccuHealthSafetyProd94.docm Page 2 of 5

3 6.1 and 12.2 Impact resistance requirements and Flame resistance requirements Refractive (residual) power requirements - Clause 5.3 added class 2D laser radiation protection goggles and class 2E electric arc protection goggles. - Clause 5.6 added class 5E hoods for electric arc protection - Clause 5.7 added class 6D face shields for electric arc protection - Clauses , , and added allowance for two sizes of steel ball and broadening of hardness range of steel balls used for impact tests from RHC to RHC. - Clause changed the headforms to small and medium size headforms specified in EN Clause Procedure, removed the weight measurement in Z and added the indicator paste to be placed to cover the eye areas of the headforms to check if small particles contact the eyes during the impact test. See note *1. - Clause added a note that head straps not integral to the protector (i.e., accessories) are not subject to these requirements. See note *2. - Clause was modified to allow where provision of a specimen 13 mm wide and 127 mm long is not practicable, a sample of the whole component shall be used for this test. - Clause specified the flame resistance test method for small components. - Clause clarified that the refractive power of a clear zero-power lens measured shall be at the primary line of sight. - Clause added a requirement for the clear zero-power lens incorporated with nonprescription reading segments. The reading segment (if any) power shall not differ from that specified by the manufacturer by more than ± 0.12 dioptre Resolving power - Clause changed the requirements: Z , Clause Resolving power Clear zero-power lenses shall possess adequate definition to permit resolution of the 60-s* ring through all portions up to 3 mm from the edge of the lens when tested in accordance with Clause 12.5, except that 5% of the area may resolve 90-s. Z , Clause Resolving power Clear zero-power lenses shall possess adequate definition to allow resolution of the 60-s* ring throughout the minimal coverage area specified in Clause 7.1, excluding the reading segment (if any), up to 3 mm from the edge of the lens when tested in accordance with Clause and 12.6 Prismatic deviation requirements and 12.7 Haze requirements and test method 6.5 Zero-power filters and Test for luminous transmittance 6.6 Zero-power specialpurpose lenses Clause 12.6 revised prismatic deviation test method for plano eyewear with non-prescription reading segments - Clause changed the lens area that meets the haze requirement from in any portion of a new, clear zero-power lens 5 mm in diameter, up to 1.5 mm from the edge of each lens to at the primary line of sight. - Clause changed the haze requirement for a clear zero-power lens intended for use in a Class 6 protector from shall not exceed 2% to shall not exceed 3%. - Clause 12.7 clarified the test for haze refers to ASTM D Size, residual power, resolving power, and prismatic deviation Clause clarified that the zero-power filters of fixed shade 9 or higher and automaticdarkening welding filters of shade 4 and higher in the light state are exempt from these requirements Transmittance Clause changed the center of the filter/lens to the geometric centre of the filter/lens was changed from measurements of ultraviolet or infrared transmittance shall be of total transmittance with normal incidence on a 5 mm diameter portion of the component (i.e., with collection of both regular and diffuse transmitted radiation) to measurements of ultraviolet or infrared transmittance shall be of regular transmittance with normal incidence on a 5 mm diameter portion of the component. - Zero-power special-purpose lens haze requirement was referred to Clause , in which the requirement of haze was changed from not exceed 2% to not exceed 3%. - Clause 6.6 added a requirement in the note: I:\Wgm4\DOC_CTRL\Notices\L-O\OccuHealthSafetyProd94.docm Page 3 of 5

4 7 Class 1 protectorsspectacles and test method Clause 12.12, 12.2 and As specified in Clause , special-purpose lenses for one eye must be supplied in pairs in which the ratio of the luminous transmittance of the lighter lens to that of the darker lens, each measured at the centre of the lens, must not exceed 1.26: Minimum frontal coverage for spectacle and Clause 15.2 prescription protective eyewear, frame criteria The minimum frontal coverage area specified in Clause 7.1 and 15.2 was changed. The center of the elliptical area was changed from the geometric centre of the lens to the pupil centre of the test headform (see Figure 2). The field of view test method for Clause 7.1 was changed. See Clause for detail Side protection Clause and Class 2 protectors Goggles and test method 12.12, Clause added a note 2) to clarify that a permanently affixed is that which cannot be removed without the use of tools. Clause 12.2, the method of checking side protect for Clause was changed as the headform had been change to EN 168 headforms. Clause test for particle penetration of ventilation openings for Clause was changed as the headform had been change to EN 168 headforms. Clause also added a note to clarify that this test is applied to openings within the protector (frame) and not spaces around the protector. Clause was modified: In Z Clause the requirement was: Class 1B spectacles intended for use in welding operations for protection against Hazard Types F and G shall be opaque or have side protection with a shade number equal to or greater than that of the filter lens. Shall be opaque was removed in Z Clause 8.1 Field of view The field of view test method for Clause 5.1 was changed. See Clause for detail. - Clause 8.2 and 8.3 Ventilation openings Clause test for particle penetration of ventilation openings for Clause 8.2 and 8.2 was changed as the headform had been change to EN 168 headforms. Clause also added a note to clarify that this test is applied to openings within the protector (frame) and not spaces around the protector. - Clause separated the field of view requirement for class 2C goggles from the general field of view requirement specified in clause 8.1. It allowed class 2C goggles to have a smaller field of view than other goggles. Class 2C goggles shall allow a monocular field of view no less than 15 temporally in the horizontal meridian and 30 total in the vertical meridian when tested in accordance with Clause I:\Wgm4\DOC_CTRL\Notices\L-O\OccuHealthSafetyProd94.docm Page 4 of 5

5 - Clause 8.5 added a note to clarify that Cover lenses or cover plates may be used over Class 2C goggles to protect the filter lenses from weld spatter, pitting, etc. - Clause 8.6 added laser radiation protection (Class 2D goggles) 9 Class 3, Class 4, and Class 5 protectors Helmets, hand shields, and hoods and , test method. - Clause 8.7 added electric arc protection (Class 2E goggles) - Clause Field of view, added a new requirement Clause Class 3 welding helmets shall allow a monocular field of view not less than 8 temporally and 15 nasally in the horizontal meridian and 24 in total in the vertical meridian when tested in accordance with Clause field of view for Class 3 and 4 welding protectors. 10 Class 6 protectors Face shields 11 Class 7 protectors Respirator facepieces Test of field of view for Clauses 7.1, 8.1, 8.4.1, and Clause Helmet headgear The test method of Clause for Clause was changed as the headhorms were changed to EN168 headforms. - Clause added the electric arc protectors (Class 5E hoods). - Clause added a new requirement of angular dependence of luminous transmittance Clause for Automatic-darkening welding filters (ADFs). - Clause 10.5 added the electric arc protectors (Class 6D faceshields) - The test method of Clause for Clause 11.1 Field of view was changed. See Clause for details. - Clause General, added a note to clarify that the method of test for field of view assumes that a flat lens is mounted in the protector. It is known that lenses with highly curved surfaces (wrap lenses) will have larger fields of view than calculated by this method. - The formulas of field of view were changed. The formulas used Dv vertex distance in mm instead of constant value 20. Tables - updated Table 5 Minimum thickness of presumed-compliant prescription lenses - Added Table 6 Angular dependence of luminous transmittance Figures - Updated Figure 1, 2 and added Figure 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. Annex - Added new Annex (F) showing exemplars of lens performance under the impact test. Note: *1: As outlined in the previous announcement of the CSA Z standard, it should be noted that CSA may select additional impact points if there is a potential safety concern. *2 CSA does not certify head straps as accessories. However the head straps assembled on the product shall be subjected to the requirement of Clause I:\Wgm4\DOC_CTRL\Notices\L-O\OccuHealthSafetyProd94.docm Page 5 of 5