Fig. 10. 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 a lift front (left) and equivalent Uvex 9180 flip spectacle (right). B. ANSI Z87.1 recommended cover goggle with no ventilation. The use of a cover goggle with no ventilation for fumes has been circumvented by the new OSHA 29 CFR 1910.134 on respiratory protection. C. ANSI Z87.1 recommended cover goggle with indirect ventilation (left) and equivalent Uvex Stealth goggle (right). D. ANSI Z87.1 recommended cover goggle with direct ventilation (left) and equivalent Uvex Ultraguard 9400 (right). (From Blais BR. Basics of industrial ophthalmology. Ophthalmol Clin North Am 13:308–343, 2000.) |