What are the categories of face and eye protection?

There are a wide range of products starting from simple goggles and safety glasses through to welding shields, mesh visors for forestry work and specialised clear and tinted face screens. Face screen materials can be acetate, triacetate and
polycarbonate, offering different levels of protection against heat, glare and UV radiation. Facescreens may be either freestanding, fixed to helmets or browguards.

What type of facescreen should be used for higher impact resistance?

A full assessment of the risks in the working environment should be made initially to fully understand your requirements. If impact requirement is necessary choose a face screen with the impact options within EN166 depending on the level required. These can be F, low energy impact or B, medium energy impact - see table below.

What specific performance indicators should be considered in face protection selection?

As indicated above there are various protection options within EN166. Face screens can, for instance be approved to the option for non adherence of Molten metal or protection against liquid droplets/splashes. See table below for full details of the various options within EN166.

Explanation of EN166 personal eye protection options

Standard
Symbol
Explanation
EN166 1 Optical Class
 
EN166 F Low Energy Impact
 
EN166 B Medium Energy Impact
 
EN166 9 Non adherence of molten metal and resistance to penetration of hot solids
 
EN166 3 Protection against liquid droplets/splashes
 
EN166 8 Protection against Short Circuit Electric Arc
 
EN169 3 Filters for personal eye-protection equipment used in welding and similar operations
Scale number 3
 
EN169 5 Welding and braze welding of heavy metals. Welding with emittive fluxes (notably light alloys). Oxygen Cutting
 
EN169 8 Filters for personal eye-protection equipment. Used in welding and similar operations
Scale number 8
 
EN170 3-1,2 2 For use with sources which emit predominantly Ultra violet radiation at wave lengths shorter than 313nm and when glare is not an important factor. This covers the UVC and most of the UVB bands. Low pressure mercury lamps such as germicidal lamps
 
EN171 4-8 Protection against infra red radiation filters. Typical application in terms of mean temperature sources up to 1800°C
 

 

 

 

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