Development of Criteria and Test Methods for Eye and Face Protective Devices

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• Personal Author:
  LaMarre DA
• Description:
  Studies were conducted to determine the adequacy of some performance requirements and test methods specified by the American National Standards Institute Standard Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection, ANSI Z87.1-1968. The following three tasks were performed: the adequacy of Table 1 limits which provide requirements for the absorption of ultraviolet, visible, and infrared radiation for protectors used by welders, furnace workers, and others were determined; impact resistance test methods were evaluated; and the adequacy of the optical tolerances for eye and face protectors were determined and objective test methods were recommended. Recommendations for revising Table 1 are presented. A ballistic test method was developed and tested and the tolerances involved in the test method were specified. The performance of safety spectacles, flexible mask goggles, cup goggles, welding helmets, and face shields were studied using the test method developed. The optical requirements for plano eyewear were studied from the point of view of maintaining high visual acuity for the large fraction of the industrial population whose acuity is 20/20 or better. The author concludes that the tolerances for sphere power, axial astigmatism, and prism in a single lens given in Z87.1 were adequate. In the case of lens definition, the author concluded that the requirement of Z87.1 may or may not be adequately stringent. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Eye Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety Sense Organs
• Keywords:
  Contract-210-75-0058 Eye-protection Materials-testing NIOSH-Contract Personal-protective-equipment Safety-engineering Safety-equipment
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-196
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00197139
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-276818
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 78-110, 1977 Aug; :1-196
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:025813190e95885beb9105a0ac7b11f2979d85c3f841592617b49f97818368fe8e1585e2d216bdcba45e546b5aab58563d843c4eb8e353fa9e3d765a9eab985b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209593/cdc_209593_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 10.38 MB ]