Why Safety Glasses

There is a difference between street or dress eyewear and prescription safety glasses. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Eye and Face Protection 1910.133 requires:

• An employer shall ensure that affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.
• An employer shall ensure that affected employee uses eye protection that provides side protection.
• An employer shall ensure that affected employee who wears prescription lenses while engaged in operations that involve eye hazards wears eye protection.
• Protective eye and face devices comply with ANSI Z87.1 "American National Standard Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection.

Establishing a comprehensive, cost effective program can save employees from serious eye injuries and employers from expensive lost time injuries. A quality program will ensure worker compliance as well as employer compliance with state and federal laws.