New Medium Impact Prescription Safety Standard

Here at Safety Eyewear Optometrists we are delighted at the recent announcement of the new Australian Standard ASNZs 1337.6, as we can now offer you better solutions to your industrial eye safety needs. Some major changes in the new standard include:

Medium Impact:

Until now, the visually impaired who required MEDIUM impact protection could only wear special prescription inserts under their goggles or wear safety “over spectacles” on top of their normal prescription glasses. Both methods resulted in problems such as fogging, restricted vision and restricted movements, uncomfortable wear and not to mention and unsightly look – all of which resulted in decreased wearing compliance by employees.

Our prescription safety glasses are already being made compliant to the NEW MEDIUM IMPACT requirements. This process will allow for:

• Increased comfort
• Increased protection
• More fashionable look
• Less fogging
• Less restriction on movement and visual sight
• Better compliance from your employees

Certification Requirements:

The Australian Standard ASNZs 1337.6 requires manufacturers of prescription safety glasses to be licensed. This is a great benefit to end users (as it will ensure higher quality products for better protection) and to employers as all products will be traceable to the manufacturer.

Strict certification requirements by SAI global include expensive of the multitude of frame and lens combinations followed by ongoing batch testing.

Each industrial prescription safety glasses manufactured by the certified manufacturer will carry the “fiveticks standards mark” and a certificate with the manufacturers license number for tracking if required.

Safety Eyewear Optometrists supply products only from licensed manufacturers, so you can rest at ease knowing that your employee’s eye safety is legally guaranteed.