If you use lathes, saws, sanders and other power tools at home, you need protective eyewear. It should cover not only the front of your eyes, but also the sides and top, so small airborne particles can't get in. Hardware stores sell shields that will usually fit over your glasses. But if you work with tools a lot, you'll avoid fogging problems and be more comfortable if you buy a specially fitted pair of safety glasses with polycarbonate lenses and frames from an eye care practitioner.

Compliance with requirements to wear safety glasses used to be a big problem in industry. However, safety glasses have become much more lightweight and stylish, to the point where workers actually want to wear their safety glasses. If you offer a selection of stylish safety glasses, that are appropriate for your work environment, you will find that compliance is no longer a big problem. No, OSHA does not approve safety glasses, or any other personal protective equipment for that matter.

Safety glasses are required to be tested to ANSI Z87.1-2003. This standard includes optical requirements as well as physical requirement. Here is a list of the tests that are required: Frame shall be capable of resisting impact from a pointed projectile weighing 500g (17.6 oz.) dropped from a height of 127 cm (50 in.). Spectacles shall be capable of resisting impact from a 6.35 mm (1/4 in) diameter steel ball traveling at a velocity of 45.7 mps (150 fps).

restore your focus to normal, minimizing your dependence on glasses. Most people need some form of glasses, if only to read.

Each year in the United States, thousands of people are blinded from eye injuries in the workplace. With the proper use of protective eyewear, up to 90 percent of these injuries can be prevented. Find out more about common causes of eye injuries in the workplace and what you can do to prevent them. Also OSHA, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration, mandates the use of safety glasses in certain types of workplaces where eye injury is foreseeable. [Back to Top]

Polycarbonate gains its strength from being flexible instead of rigid. Because of this Polycarbonate lenses are prone to scratching, and are therefore usually protected by a hard coating. Even with a hard coating Polycarbonate has to be handled carefully, and should cleaned with soap and water and dried with paper tissue.

Yes, Elvex offers different solutions to avoid fogging of safety glasses. Certain designs that provide a space between the face and the lens allow for air circulation and help minimize fogging problems. Examples: UniWraps, SG-20, Challenger, SG-25, Summit II, SG-29, Orbit, SG-36 We also offer several models with anti-fog coated lenses. The product number includes an AF designation after the regular product number.

Yes, we offer a couple of styles that are smaller or have a more aggressively curved lens. Elvex TTS, SG-15-small, Challenger Small, SG-23, fit small featured adults as well as many children. Also our models TNT SG-13, Xenon, SG-14, Trix, SG-17, Elite, SG-200 and Summit II, SG-29, offers a good fit for women and small featured adults. Click on the links below. TTS, SG-15, Challenger S-SG-23, TNT- SG-13, Xenon- SG-14, Trix- SG-17, Elite- SG-200, Summit II- SG-29,

Several models in our product line offers both angle and length adjustment of the temples. The angle adjustment allows the lens to be tilted so that it offers the best possible protection for the job at hand. This feature is also helpful for individuals with asymmetric faces (it is common that the right and left ears are at different heights). Models with both length and angle adjustment: UniWraps, SG-20 , Challenger II, SG-26 (being discontinued), Bifocal Safety Glasses, RX-100.

Usually not for distance vision, although some patients may still require thinner glasses for fine tuning. When you are in the age range where bifocals or "readers" are normally required for close vision (usually 40-45 and beyond) you will most likely need reading glasses. This is a natural process known as presbyopia.

Yes, usually to read small print. Currently, nearly all lenses implanted in the USA are monofocal. This means they focus at only one particular distance (focusing distance depends on lens power). If your lens gives you perfect distance vision, you will have to use glasses to read. If your lens gives you perfect reading vision, you will have to use glasses to see clearly at distance.

By Glen Steele, optometrist, from: http://parentcenter.babycenter.com/expert/preschooler/phealth/pvision/70165.html

Yes, safety glasses are required in labs at UCLA. Safety glasses can be obtained in the Research Storeroom, Young Hall 3056. Employees can get the first pair of Safety glasses free by ordering them through Kyra Marsh in the Business Office, telephone 53865.

No. Almost any style of frame can be used for computer eyewear. More important are the lenses that your eye doctor chooses for your computer eyeglasses. Ninety percent of the time, multifocal lenses will be your best choice, as they are designed specifically for working at a computer. They allow you to see clearly at your correct computer screen distance and can give you some distance vision beyond the computer.

The majority of the safety glasses we sell have lenses made of polycarbonate unless otherwise noted. These lenses are certified by ANSI (American National Safety Institute) to meet or exceed impact protection requirements. If you would like a detailed material description for any of our products please contact us by phone, fax or e-mail. Please allow 24 business hours for a response.

Possibly. If both the biological parents wear glasses, your children are likely to need them as well.

Many people achieve 20/20 vision, or better, after undergoing LASIK eye surgery. Although patients experience an improvement in their vision, some may still need to wear corrective lenses for certain tasks, though the necessary power of correction will be much smaller than before. The result of the LASIK procedure is also influenced by the amount of correction needed.