ALL REGION VI VPP SITES REPORTING (60)
SURVEY:
How does your site deal with the following?
1. All employees entering the plant must be clean shaven. Yes 48% No 52%
2. All contractors entering the plant to work must be clean shaven. Yes 47% No 53%
3. Are there exceptions to the Facial Hair Policy? Yes 63% No 37%
4. Some facial hair allowed. (Not in respirator seal area) Yes 81% No 19%
5. Facial hair allowed for non-respirator users in plant. Yes 58% No 42%
6. Facial hair allowed until just prior to respirator usage. Yes 25% No 75%
7. Facial hair allowed by individual’s job requirements. Yes 53% No 47%
REFINERY/PETRO-CHEM VPP SITES (27)
SURVEY:
How does your site deal with the following?
1. All employees entering the plant must be clean shaven. Yes 70% No 30%
2. All contractors entering the plant to work must be clean shaven. Yes 67% No 33%
3. Are there exceptions to the Facial Hair Policy? Yes 74% No 26%
4. Some facial hair allowed. (Not in respirator seal area) Yes 67% No 33%
5. Facial hair allowed for non-respirator users in plant. Yes 33% No 67%
6. Facial hair allowed until just prior to respirator usage. Yes 7% No 93%
7. Facial hair allowed by individual’s job requirements. Yes 30% No 70%
Many thanks to our friends at Unocal for taking the time to request this information, compile it and report back to us. Also many thanks to Bill Klingbeil, OSHA’s Region VI VPP Manager, for sharing the information with his distribution group.