Are you in a profession, where you are exposed to harmful chemicals or airborne particles or are you in a habit of using such power tools as lathes, saws, sanders and likes at home? Then take a glimpse on this statistics:

Thousands of incidents involving eye injuries are recorded in the USA everyday. 

Over 90% of these injuries occurred because there was no proper eyewear which could have prevented the mishaps.

Your eyes are your most precious possession and always take care that your eyes are protected from any kind of impact. But how can you give your eyes the best protection? Simple, invest in a pair of safety glasses. Does the term sound unfamiliar to you? Read the article below and equip yourself with all the necessary information about the safety glasses.

Safety glasses are safety shield for your precious eyes. Want to know how they differ from regular glasses? The regular glasses cover only the front side of your eyes, whereas the safety glasses cover your eyes from the sides as well as from the top in addition to covering the front side, so that nothing can enter your eyes and damage them. Safety glasses are those special kinds of eyewear that have passed through certain ANSI standards.

Not only the frames of these special glasses are much sturdier than the ordinary glasses, the lenses are also stronger with shatter resistance features. It implies that the lenses of safety glasses must pass a drop ball test, in which a ball is dropped on the lens to test whether it is hard enough to withstand all kinds of accidental assaults. The lenses are most commonly made of virgin resin polycarbonate which is stronger than regular lenses. The light weight and impact-resistant lenses of the safety glasses come in both prescription and non-prescription forms.

Apart from being sturdy, the frames are also heat resistant. They are also designed in a way that they prevent the lenses from being pushed into the eyes at the time of accident.

The safety glasses also protect your eyes from harmful UV rays and as such safety glasses are often used as sun glasses. They are also coated to resist scratches.

A new standard, ANSI Z87.1-2003, was passed recently to give instructions regarding the requirements of different types of safety glasses for different workplaces. There are mainly two types of lenses: high impact and basic impact. It is the responsibility of the employers who require protective eyewear for their employees to consult OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration) regulations to know which type of safety glass is required at their job sites.