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How to Choose Safety Eyewear With Colored Lenses
Safety eyewear isn’t like your everyday sunglasses or eyeglass prescription.
Eye protection at work will look and protect your eyes differently while still enabling you to see. Protective eyewear frames and lenses will come in types like wrap-around glasses, glasses with side shields, vented or unvented goggles, and filtered lenses. You’ll also need to consider the hazards that you have at the workplace when purchasing them: not all glasses protect equally against flying debris, powder, li
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Oct 7th 2022
More Than Just Safety Glasses: Understand Protective Eyewear for the Workplace
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 20,000 eye injuries happen in the workplace every year. The American Academy of Ophthalmology states that consistent use of
safety glasses can prevent nearly 90% of eye injuries. Workers in manufacturing, construction, woodworking, laboratories, welding, plumbing, the medical field, and auto industry are required to wear safety glasses to shield their eyes. Risks associated with these jobs are molten sparks, chemical spl
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Nov 30th 2017
Hydrophilic vs Hydrophobic Lens Coatings: What's the Difference?
By HexArmor Marketing Team.
Most workers in the industrial space are aware of anti-fog safety glasses. But what they probably don’t know is the science behind those anti-fog coatings.
Most coatings in the North American market are hydrophobic. Hydrophobic anti-fog coatings are soap-based and work by repelling and spreading the fog moisture as it hits the lens. When the moisture spreads, it eliminates the fogging on the lens. While this is effective, the coating will wash off over
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Nov 1st 2017
Indoor/Outdoor and Changing Light Applications: What Kind of Lens Tint is Best for Your Safety Glasses?
Temporary blindness. Have you heard of it? Chances are, you’ve probably experienced it. Think of a time on the job when you’ve gone from inside a building to outside and it’s extremely sunny. The change forces you to squint while you wait for your pupils to constrict and properly adjust to the brightness. During this time, you’re temporarily unable to see. Do this several times in a day and your eyes start to become strained and fatigued. This is a recipe for eye irritability and headaches.
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Jul 27th 2017
Workplace Eye Injury Statistics - Don't Be One of Them
Think of the hundreds of times you've completed a task at work without eye protection, injury free. Perhaps the application doesn’t seem that hazardous, or maybe the safety glasses you have are uncomfortable, scratched up, or they fog too easily. Plus, you’re good at what you do. You've been doing this job for so long that being careful is second nature.
Until that one time when "being careful" wasn’t enough. It wasn't your fault. In fact, you did everything right. Unfortunately, the t
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Jun 2nd 2017
New Pyramex Proximity Safety Glasses: Comfortable, Stylish & Safe
By Marketing at Pyramex Safety Products
When it comes to safety wear, you don’t have to sacrifice comfort and style when you wear glasses from
Pyramex Safety Products. As a leader in the safety eyewear industry, Pyramex continues to develop innovative products with the daily user in mind. The Proximity – new from Pyramex – is comfortable, stylish, and safe.
At only 26.3 grams, this lightweight spectacle has slim co-injected temples for a snug, secure fit. The flame-resista
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Mar 3rd 2016
Petzl Face Shield Provides Eye Safety When You Need It
Have you ever been looking for your glasses and then realized they were on top of your head? The great thing about the
Petzl VIZIR face shield is that is the first place you are going to look for them. The cleverly named VIZIR visor mounts to the top of a VERTEX VENT or ALVEO helmet creating convertible eye protection. Down when you need it, up when you don't. But your eye protection is always available as long as your helmet is on your head.
The VIZIR has several advantages over reg
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Jul 3rd 2015
Respirator for Lead: Lead Dust Protective Gear for Fishermen Melting Lead
There are many types of fishermen out there. You've got your novice line-tanglers, commercial long liners, bass addicts, deep sea cigarette smokers, ticklers, ice fishermen, bow and arrow types. And while many folks like to fish, there are some anglers who operate further out in the deep end. I'm talking specifically about that special, dedicated breed of fisherman who make their own lead weights and jigs.
To make these fishing accessories lead from old tire weights and other sources is
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Sep 9th 2014
Safety Equipment Suitable for the Zombie Apocalypse
At PK Safety we're as worried about the Zombie Apocalypse as anybody. Maybe more. And while we lack chainsaws or longswords in our warehouse, we make up for it with loads of other nifty and useful equipment. Whether you're running for your life, or looking for the cure, PK Safety should definitely be on your to-do list before the web disappears for all eternity.
First of all, think about picking up a
DoseRAE 2 Personal Radiation Detector. This is especially important for you heroes e
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Jun 17th 2014
A Work Safety Kit with Everything for Your New Employees
For a ready-made, one-click solution to putting personal protective equipment on your employees, check out the
PK Safety PPE Kit. Each kit arrives in a poly bag ready to pass out. Hearing protection, hand protection, eye protection, a hard hat, and a reflective safety vest are all included.
Each piece of this safety kit meets OSHA safety standards. The Evolution 6121 hard hat is made of high-density polyethylene and has raised channels that run across the top. These ridges not only m
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Mar 6th 2014