AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND SAFETY STANDARDS
The right safety eyewear starts with understanding the Standards behind it. Explore the role of AS/NZS Standards and why they matter when selecting prescription safety eyewear for the workplace.
Australian & New Zealand Safety Standards
Australian and New Zealand Standards (AS/NZS) provide a consistent framework for design, performance, testing and use of products across a wide range of industries. They exist to help ensure products perform as intended and provide the appropriate level of safety for the environments in which they are used.
Understanding the relevant Standards is an incredibly important part of choosing prescription safety eyewear. At PSG we believe eye protection should be fit for purpose, meet the relevant Standards and requirements for workplaces so workers can be confident their vision is being adequately protected.
Personal eye protection - Prescription eye protectors against low and medium impact
This Standard specifies minimum requirements for eye protectors fitted with prescription lenses intended to provide low or medium impact eye protection from flying particles and fragments in occupational situations.
It does not apply to eye protectors in which the prescription lenses are fitted behind plano protective lenses. These are covered by AS/NZS 1337.1.
Prescription eye protectors complying with this Standard are intended to give both impact protection and prescribed refractive correction of vision.
For protection from hazards other than low or medium impact, appropriate protection as recommended in AS/NZS 1336 should also be worn covering the prescription eyewear, e.g. dust, splashing materials, molten materials, harmful gases, vapours or aerosols, high energy flying particles or fragments.
These are covered in AS/NZS 1337.1. Requirements for protection from sources of optical radiation, other than the sun, are covered in AS/NZS 1338, Parts 1 to 3.
The Australian and New Zealand standard AS/NZS 1337.6 Prescription Eye Protection against low and medium impact specifies minimal requirement for the appliance to withstand the impact of a 6.35mm steel ball at a velocity of 40m/s.
Personal eye protection - Eye and face protectors for occupational applications
This Standard specifies minimum requirements for non-prescription eye and face protectors and associated oculars.
They are designed to provide protection for the eyes and faces of persons against common occupational hazards such as flying particles and fragments, dusts, splashing materials and molten metals, harmful gases, vapours and aerosols.
The aim of this Standard is to assist in the provision of safe, efficient and comfortable vision in the occupational situation, including consideration of the need for protection against sun glare and optical radiation in the natural environment.
The Standard does not apply to filter oculars for protection against optical radiations generated by industrial processes, which are dealt with in AS/NZS 1338.
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