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Safety glasses Safety glasses can be worn for impact, heat, and optical radiation hazards. Safety glasses should have impact-resistant frames and lenses. Polycarbonate lenses are lightweight ... View Moreand provide superior impact protection. Lenses can either be plano (for those that don’t require vision correction) or prescription. Safety glasses are available with clear, filtered, or tinted lenses (important for work outdoors). Safety glasses may also come with anti-fog treatment. OSHA's eye and face protection standard, 29 CFR 1910.133, requires that eye protection be American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z87.1-certified. The ANSI Z87.1 mark is generally found on the lens or frame of compliant safety glasses.

Goggles – Goggles provide better impact, dust, and chemical splash protection than safety glasses because they fit snugly to the face. Goggles provide protection from objects coming from above, below, and the sides. They can be used as protection for impact hazards, heat hazards, dust, and, when properly tinted, optical radiation hazards. Lenses in most goggles are designed to resist moderate impact. Goggles can incorporate prescription lenses, and some models fit over prescription glasses. When lens fogging may be a problem, goggles with anti-fog lenses can be used.

Face shields – Face shields provide full face protection from a variety of hazards. Face shields should be worn with safety glasses or goggles for chemical or impact hazards.

Welding shields — Welding shields are constructed of vulcanized fiber or fiberglass and fitted with a filtered lens. They protect the eyes from burns caused by infrared or intense radiant light; they also protect both the eyes and face from flying sparks, metal spatter, and slag chips produced during welding, brazing, soldering, and cutting operations.

Check out our selection of eye protection—you'll be certain to find the eye protection that will meet the needs of all aspects of your work force.
  • Each year tens of thousands of workers suffer eye injuries in the workplace.
  • Three out of every five workers that suffer eye injuries are not wearing eye protection at the time they are injured.
  • 70% of eye injury accidents result from flying or falling objects or sparks striking the eye.
  • 40% of eye injuries occur among craft workers, which include professions such as mechanics, repairmen, carpenters, and plumbers.
  • 50% of those who suffer eye injuries are employed in manufacturing; 20% are in construction.
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