Eye protection
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Eye protection is protective gear for the eyes, and sometimes face, designed to reduce the risk of injury. Examples of risks requiring eye protection can include: impact from particles or debris, ligh
An airman using a welding mask. Failing to use proper eye protection when welding may lead to blindness.
Examples of different styles of safety glasses
Empiral Vision grey goggles
Speedglas welding helmet
Goggles
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Goggles, or safety glasses, are forms of protective eyewear that usually enclose or protect the area surrounding the eye in order to prevent particulates, water or chemicals from striking the eyes. Th
Eye protection
…into categories based on the style of eye wear and the hazard they are designed to reduce. There categories include: spectacles with side protection; goggles; welding helmet; welding hand shields; non-rigid helmets (hoods); face shield; and respirator face pieces. Safety glasses or spectacles, although often…
An Inuk wearing traditional snow goggles made from caribou antler with sinew for a strap
Aviation goggles as worn by Wilmer Stultz in 1928
Swimming goggles
Safety goggles and helmets, Bell Aircraft, 1943