SAFETY ALERT concerning Rx safety glasses

what safety administrators need to know:

Do you purchase your Rx Safety Glasses from a retail provider? If so, then you may be placing your employer and employees at a much greater risk of liability.

• Retail Optical Stores/Chains
  
• Wholesale Optical Laboratory
  
• Safety Distributors subcontracting with optical laboratories

According to a 2006 study by the Optical Laboratory Association, a governing arm of the optical retail industry, up to 5% of the Rx safety glasses processed through the retail industry would FAIL to meet the ANSI Z87.1 safety standards for occupational use.

A Few Reasons?

• Lenses fail to meet minimum thickness requirements
  
• Wrong tints and lens material for occupational use
  
• Alterations made to frames
  
• Wrong side shields for frame and wrong markings on lenses
  
• Certain coatings weaken lenses
  
• Rx Safety lenses placed in non-Rx-able frames

In addition, a common practice in retail is to ship or dispense all eyewear and deal with those problem glasses if they should ever be returned.

Industrial Vision Corporation offers a detailed report on why retail provided Rx safety eyewear often fail to meet the ANSI Z87 Standards, and how you can protect your employees from the threat of eye injury and protect your employer from the threat of non-compliant litigation. Contact us online or call 314-664-1033 or toll free at 1-800-264-1941.

“Insist that your retail provider use Industrial Vision Laboratories to process your Rx Safety Eyewear.”