Safety Goggles
These are designed to protect you and your workers’ eyes and face from potential injuries during the working day.
Essentially, safety goggles are safety glasses that fit tightly around the eye area.
They often fit with suction and are secured with a strap that goes around the back of the head.
Safety goggles can be used to protect the eyes against particles, chemicals, water, glare, objects and debris. Additionally, the safety goggle lens allows a clear and comfortable field of vision.
This is to enable the worker to complete any task without being with clear visibility.
Safety glasses or safety goggles?
When working in a high risk environment, safety glasses are the minimum protection you should have. Additionally, they will preferably have side shields to reduce the risk of foreign objects accessing the eyes via the side.
Protective Glasses
Protective glasses fit on the face across the eyes. They enable air to enter around the edges. protective safety glasses are easy to put on and can have prescription lenses added for additional safety. Safety or protective glasses are perfect for work where the main potential hazard comes from the front.
Protective Goggles
They fit directly on the face and seal the wearer’s eyes. This adds the additional protection from hazards such as splashes and dust. You are better protected from hazardous projectiles with safety goggles. This is because safety goggles are more effective at protecting against hazards going under or around the edges due to the seal.
Additionally, it is important to be aware of the impact rating of the lenses, safety glasses and safety goggles. The impact rating should always be fit for the task.
Health and Safety
It is important for health and safety that you wear the correct PPE when working. This includes safety glasses or safety goggles. Failure to do so can put you at risk of permanent eye damage or even blindness. Think about all the work activities you may do each day. Which of these could cause an eye injury? Grinding, sanding, brushing, sawing, drilling are just a few. Further tasks include buffing, hammering, cutting, welding and working with hazardous substances including chemicals.
Types of Safety Goggles and Eye Protection
There are many types of safety glasses and goggles on the market. It is essential to ensure you chose the correct protective eyewear for the task in hand as different the safety eyewear offer different protection levels..
What protection is required?
- Light: Ultraviolet, infrared radiation, extreme bright light
- Chemical: liquid, gas or dust
- Heat: High temperatures area or objects
- Objects: Wood, metal or plastic
- Electric: Arcs and electrical discharge
Safety goggles and safety eyewear protection have a series of ratings depending on the level of protection required.
These ratings include, strength, frame protection, radiation protection, light transmission protection, optical quality protection and lens property ratings.
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M9100 Wraparound – Clear HC Lens Safety Specs
£3.50 £4.20 Inc VAT Add to basket -
Swiss One Explorer 2™ Clear Hybrid Safety Specs / Goggles – Black
£21.91£19.56 £23.47 Inc VAT Add to basket -
JSP Atlantic™ Safety Goggles Lens
£8.92£8.25 £9.90 Inc VAT Add to basket -
JSP Caspian™ Indirect Vent Safety Goggle
£11.99£11.55 £13.86 Inc VAT Add to basket -
JSP EVO® Non Vented Gas Safety Goggles
£12.55£11.39 £13.67 Inc VAT Add to basket -
JSP EVO® Single Lens Safety Goggles
£13.57 £16.28 Inc VAT Add to basket -
JSP Stealth™ 9100 Safety Goggle Blue/Orange
£18.50£17.99 £21.59 Inc VAT Add to basket -
Challenger Goggle
£5.99£4.99 £5.99 Inc VAT Add to basket -
Impervious Safety Goggle
£11.99£9.99 £11.99 Inc VAT Add to basket -
JSP Martcare Dust & Liquid Goggle HC Lens
£3.99£2.99 £3.59 Inc VAT Add to basket -
JSP Martcare Liquid and Dust Safety Goggle
£3.99£2.99 £3.59 Inc VAT Add to basket -
JSP RX Insert for Filterspec® Goggle
£13.57£11.99 £14.39 Inc VAT Add to basket -
Portwest Chemical Goggle
£4.66£3.85 £4.62 Inc VAT Add to basket -
Profile™ Welding Shade 5 Safety Goggles
£21.50£19.50 £23.40 Inc VAT Add to basket -
PW20 Direct Vent Safety Goggle
£1.99£1.50 £1.80 Inc VAT Add to basket -
PW21 Indirect Vent Safety Goggle
£2.25£1.99 £2.39 Inc VAT Add to basket -
PW25 Ultra Vista Safety Goggle Unvented
£7.50£6.50 £7.80 Inc VAT Add to basket -
Slim Safety Goggle
£5.99£4.99 £5.99 Inc VAT Add to basket -
Ultra Vista Goggle
£5.99 £7.19 Inc VAT Add to basket -
JSP Thermex™ -40° Indirect Vent Double Lens Safety Goggles
£32.99£31.99 £38.39 Inc VAT Add to basket