Essential safety equipment for welding includes respirators to protect against fumes and oxides and fire/flame resistant clothing and aprons to protect against heat and burns. Earmuffs protect against noise and stray sparks, and boots and gloves [...]
Everyone gets something in their eye at some point. Usually, the irritant is a piece of dust or an eyelash or maybe some shampoo or bug spray. Of the 2.4 million eye injury [...]
Are you damaging your hearing as you go about your day? Consider that things like industrial machinery, heavy construction equipment, power tools, aircraft, gunfire, motorcycles, racetracks, and dental drills can, over time, all [...]
ANSI Z87.1 Defined The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a nonprofit organization with a primary mission to: Enhance both the global competitiveness of U.S. business and the U.S. quality of life by [...]
What Is Photochromic Eyewear? Photochromic eyewear feature lenses that automatically darken when exposed to ultraviolet light. The sun's UV rays trigger photochromic compounds built into lenses and cause them to darken. When removed [...]
Whether because you work in a hot and humid environment or maybe just sweat a lot, fogging safety glasses may be slowing you down. Fogging safety are both annoying and a safety hazard, [...]
When choosing sunglasses, many people sacrifice safety for style. Many also think they must pay a lot to get the best sun protection. Fortunately, neither of these is true. Unfortunately, these and other myths [...]
The best safety glasses for shooting and hunting are the ones that best suit the situation at hand. In other words, what’s best depends on variable factors such as surrounding conditions and hunter [...]
Permanent Eye Damage The unprotected eye is extremely sensitive to lasers. In fact, radiation from direct or reflected laser beams can permanently damage eyes. Because a laser's beam is concentrated and narrow, the [...]
