OSHA APPROVED
PRESCRIPTION SAFETY GLASSES

HOW DOES OSHA PROTECT THE WORK
ENVIRONMENT?

Complying with OSHA standards covers everything from having the proper signage everywhere, deeming where the hazardous areas are, to making it an employer mandate that all employees who need prescription safety glasses are OSHA approved. It cannot be any type of safety glasses but one that covers OSHA prescription safety glasses requirements

WHAT ARE OSHA-APPROVED
SAFETY GLASSES?

There’s no OSHA certification. OSHA accepts and approves the certification from the American National Standards Institute or ANSI. This is a body that helps provide the ratings of what type of approval OSHA safety glasses prescriptions would look like.

This standard is, of course, ANSI Z87. 1-2010 standards. You’ll see these markings and designations a lot throughout our site at RX-Safety, and that helps to know that at the bare minimum, those prescription safety glasses OSHA approved per se.

ARE MY GLASSES OSHA APPROVED?

Great question, and again it goes back to having that ANSI Z87+ rating started somewhere. This rating needs to be both on the lenses and the frames of the safety glasses as one set. There need to be visible markings that state that and can usually be found near the manufacturer’s logo. Generally, this standard covers basic impact or high-impact protection against common agents in hazardous working environments.

They’re meant to protect you from small amounts of metal, wood, or glass that may be flying around at the bare minimum. However, as you start to go towards more hazardous areas, such as protection against radiation, sparks, or corrosive materials, ANSI Z87+ is the minimum standard usually coupled with other certifications and protective materials specific to those types of hazardous materials.