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We have thought about this one but the practicalities of changing his glasses when his head is in the machine would be difficult, particularly as his hands would be quite dirty. Will still revisit it though

Thanks

Karen

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Sent: 18 October 2013 19:46
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Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] billiard/snooker type specs

It may be a hassle but how about him having separate glasses for this task that he can wear around his neck when he needs to use the varificals ?

I saw a guy who wears distance only glasses. As he has reached an age where his reading sight is beginning to deteriorate he is having trouble with his job now that he is required to input his work onto an iPad when out on site. That's when varificals come into their own.

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On 18 Oct 2013, at 19:32, "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

As a wearer of varifocals I suspect that varifocals are problematic for these tasks due to the difficulty in locating the “sweet spot” of the lenses. I will forward your email to a friend of mine who is a professor of optometry to see if he has any ideas. It is possible he is working overseas so he may not get the chance to respond. If he does I will circulate.

Anne

Anne Harriss
Course Director
LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY

On 18/10/2013 19:08, "Karen Coomer" <[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hi List
I saw a maintenance fitter today with arthritis in his neck. He manages well but there is a machine where he needs to look up in order to see the parts, there isn’t much headroom and he cannot extend his head backwards easily, he wears varifocals. The guard to the machine could be altered to create more headroom but as there are 5 such machines this would be very costly.

Has anyone experience of using those big snooker type specs in the workplace or indeed wearing them. I know it’s an unusual request but I am trying to think of every alternative before the more obvious expensive one.

Many thanks
Karen

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