WHAT PROTECTION DO YOUR SAFETY GOGGLES AND GLASSES
                     WHAT PROTECTION DO 
YOUR SAFETY GOGGLES 
AND GLASSES OFFER YOU?
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■ How effective is your safety eyewear? Make yourself familiar with the 
level of protection offered by safety glasses and goggles at Optica.
■ This highlights the importance of the use of personal protective 
equipment (PPE) in the workplace.
■ In the case of the work experience pupil, there were a number of 
items of PPE available to the company which could have prevented an 
accident. They could have provided workers with safety goggles
, chemical protective suits and also visors and face shields. With 
regards to safety goggles and glasses, there are a number of different 
offerings which can suit various applications. Wearers can choose 
between lens colours, UV filters and lens coatings and marking to find 
the correct safety goggles or glasses that will suit them.
■ Eye protection accessories include foam inserts and cases and cleaning 
equipment to keep eyewear in the best condition possible. The various lens 
colours offer different levels of protection and glare reduction. Clear and amber 
lenses offer no glare reduction whereas light gold mirror and blue purple lenses 
offer good glare reduction. Very good glare reduction is provided with the 
smoke, silver/blue mirror, dark brown and rainbow mirror colours.
■ There is a choice of 2 UV filters when looking at our eye protection. The UV 
radiation filter allows 99.9% of UV radiation (up to 380nm) to be filtered out and 
is found on all lenses. The UV 400 filter offers premium protection and blocks 
out 100% of harmful UV light. MSA recommends that this filter be used when 
working in an environment that features high levels of UV radiation (between 
380 and 400 nm).
■ Anti-fog and hard coatings are common in some of the eye protection 
available on the Frontline Safety website. These can protect safety 
glasses or goggles from lens fogging and a distorted view or against 
scratching. The hard coating in particular is present on all our lenses 
and to ensure both sides of the lenses on the eyewear are protected, 
a dipping process is used.
■ Safety glasses and safety goggles have different levels of protection 
as they have alternative fields of use. Where safety glasses may be 
sufficient in protecting against high speed particles with low and 
medium energy impacts, the safety goggles protects against liquid 
droplets and splash.
■ Referring back to the work experience pupil, safety goggles may have been 
used to avoid incidents such as chemical splash. The table on the left indicates 
the markings and level of protection offered by safety goggles from Optica.
■ There are various combinations of lens colour, marking and coatings which can 
be chosen to find the eyewear which is right for you. The different options 
available are there to optimally protect people from risks such as impact, 
splash or UV radiation and should be taken into consideration when choosing 
the correct eye protection.
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