Fig. 9. Comparing generic types of protective eyewear from the American National Safety Institute (ANSI) Z87.1 with current safety equipment devices. Eyewear that is used when in an environment with impact hazards (sources include chipping, grinding, machining, masonry work, woodworking, sawing, drilling, chiseling, powered fastening, riveting, and sanding). These devices provide protection from flying fragments, objects, large chips, particles, sand, dirt, and other flying debris. A. ANSI Z87.1 recommended spectacle with half side shield (left) and equivalent Uvex Astrospec 3000 Patriot (middle) and Skyper spectacles (right). B. ANSI Z87.1 recommended spectacle with full side shield (left) and equivalent Uvex Flashback spectacles (right). C. ANSI Z87.1 recommended spectacle with detachable side shield (left) and Titmus frame with permanent mesh side shields (right). D. ANSI Z87.1 recommended spectacle with nonremovable lens (left) and equivalent Uvex Bandido spectacle (right). (From Blais BR. Basics of industrial ophthalmology. Ophthalmol Clin North Am 13:308–343, 2000.)