| Safety Eyewear When OSHA Required |
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| Z87.1 OSHA / ANSI |
World in Safe Mode
Safety at Work
ANSI
Standards for Safety Eyewear:
The
ANSI standard applying to eye safety includes several types of eye protection devices, including eyeglasses, goggles, face
shields, welding helmets and full-face respirators.
Safety lenses now have two classifications of performance: basic impact and high impact. Basic impact tests,
lenses are tested separately . For the high impact classification, the frame and lenses are tested together as a unit.
The "drop ball" test determines the basic impact safety classification
for lenses. In this test, a one-inch diameter steel ball is dropped onto the lens from a height of 50 inches. To pass, the
lens must not crack, chip or break. All glass safety lenses must undergo this test, which glass lenses are seldom used as
safety lenses to this day, plastic or polycarbonate is the material used, with polycarbonate being the best impact
material .
MOBILE DIAGNOSTIC EYECARE, services several industrial plants through-out the Mid-South
providing complete safety eye care services. Our Mobile Safety Eyecare Division is
the only Safety Eyecare practice that provides comprehensive eye examinations On-Site.
List of Services Provided On-Site:
Comprehensive Eye Examinations
Treatment of Eye Diseases
Fitting & Filling Prescription Safety Eye Wear
Dispensing Prescription Safety Eye Wear
Repairing Prescription Safety Eye Wear
Adjustments to Safety Eye Wear
Excellent pricing for Industrial Plants
In the United States, the federal government establishes safety guidelines for workplaces,
to decrease the risk of on-the-job injuries. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) within the U.S. Department
of Labor oversees safety practices in the workplace and in educational settings.
OSHA has adopted safety eyewear standards established by the American National Standards
Institute (ANSI), a private, non-profit organization that creates quality and safety standards for a wide variety of products.
According to Prevent Blindness America, each year more than 700,000 Americans
injure their eyes at work, and another 125,000 injure their eyes at home. More than 40,000 American children and adults
suffer eye injureies during sports, while many thousands more eye injuries go unreported.
Because
experts say proper protective eyewear could prevent up to 90 percent of all eye injuries, you might want to learn more about
the safety glasses and/or goggles that suit your lifestyle best.
