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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 55C (2026)

Eye protective devices

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Section 55C. Each teacher and pupil of any school, public or private, shall, while attending school classes in industrial art or vocational shops or laboratories in which caustic or explosive chemicals, hot liquids or solids, hot molten metals, or explosives are used or in which welding of any type, repair or servicing of vehicles, heat treatment or tempering of metals, or the milling, sawing, stamping or cutting of solid materials, or any similar dangerous process is taught, exposure to which may be a source of danger to the eyes, wear an industrial quality eye protective device, approved by the department of public health. Each visitor to any such classroom or laboratory shall also be required to wear such protective device.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1971–1971 · leading case: Desmarais v. Wachusett Reg'l Sch. Dist., 276 N.E.2d 691 (Mass. 1971).
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Desmarais v. Wachusett Reg'l Sch. Dist., 276 N.E.2d 691 (Mass. 1971). · cites it 2× “In essence the amended declaration alleged: (1) that contrary to the provisions of G. L. c. 71, § 55C, the defendant Byron “engaged in a continuing course of misfeasant conduct in that he led his pupils to believe that he would not discipline or punish them in any way if they…”
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