The type of safety eyewear you need to wear depends on the tasks and activities you need to perform and the degree of risk and injury to your eyes. The Optical Superstore safety eyewear range offers only a low and medium impact range.
Low impact: is suitable for tasks with low risk of damage to the eyes with no debris, this is most suitable for occupations such as dentists, doctors, chemical laboratories and other laboratories.
Medium impact: is suitable for tasks which have a higher risk of debris and foreign body objects going into the eye where these objects place a higher risk at damaging the eyes. Occupations which need this type of protection may include mining, construction, grinding, farming and agriculture, woodwork, machinery usage, hammering or bricklaying.
The Optical Superstores safety eyewear range is SAI Global Accredited to ensure the highest of qualities for our customers. All safety glasses are independently tested by a NATA accredited laboratory. Medium-impact safety glasses are ballistic tested, penetration tested at ambient and elevated temperatures, thickness criteria checked and checked at different prescriptions for accuracy. SAI Global conducts bi-annual audits for quality assurance. All safety glasses come with a certificate confirming compliance to the ANZ Standards.