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In the intricate tapestry of workplace safety, one essential thread often overlooked is the significance of safety glasses. As the guardians of vision in hazardous environments, safety glasses play a pivotal role in ensuring the wellbeing of employees.

Protecting Your Most Valuable Asset: Your Eyes

The human eye is an extraordinary organ, yet it is also vulnerable to many workplace hazards. From flying debris and harmful chemicals to intense light and particles suspended in the air, our eyes are constantly exposed to potential dangers. Safety glasses act as a robust shield, creating a barrier between the eyes and external threats, safeguarding one of our most valuable assets – vision.

Preventing Workplace Injuries

Accidents can happen in the blink of an eye, and prevention is key for eye injuries. Safety glasses serve as a frontline defence, reducing the risk of injuries caused by splashes, sparks, and projectiles. Safety glasses help mitigate the impact of unforeseen incidents by providing a physical barrier, ensuring that employees can carry out their tasks without compromising their visual wellbeing.

Compliance and Regulations

Beyond the ethical importance of prioritising employee safety, compliance with safety regulations is a legal mandate. Safety glasses are frequently stipulated in various work environments to meet stringent occupational health and safety standards. One such crucial standard is AS/NZS 1337.1:2010, which sets forth the minimum requirements for non-prescription eye and face protectors and associated oculars. The overarching aim of this standard is to facilitate the provision of safe, efficient, and comfortable vision in occupational settings. It encompasses considerations for protection against sun glare and optical radiation in the natural environment.

AS/NZS 1337.1:2010 is meticulously detailed, specifying requirements for eye and face protectors designed to shield individuals from common occupational hazards. These hazards include flying particles and fragments, dust, splashing materials, molten metals, harmful gases, vapours, and aerosols. The standard outlines stringent criteria for optical qualities and categorises impact resistance into low, medium, high, and very high levels. Appendices within the standard delineate appropriate test methods, ensuring that the eyewear meets the specified safety criteria.
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About Bunzl Safety and Lifting

Bunzl Safety and Lifting offers an integrated approach to the selection, supply, service, and replacement of safety products, resulting in our ability to manage the complete life cycle of your personal and workplace safety requirements. Bunzl Safety and Lifting is a leading manufacturer of safety products, we provide the very best in workwear, corporate wear, PPE, footwear, materials handling, load restraint, and recovery,height safety, and site safety. We are also a leading supplier of some of the best industrial safety brands on the market, including Mack, Ninja, Contego, Boomerang, Beaver, B-Safe, WS Workwear, Frontier, Black Rat, Robertsons, 3M, Honeywell, Ansell, Bolle Safety, DuPont, Donaghys, MSA, Moldex, Steel Blue, Oliver, uvex, Sqwincher, MaxiFlex, DNC Workwear, Mayo Hardware, Gunnebo Industries, Skylotech and Blundstone. We also offer a range of services including product specialisation and consolidation, custom embroidery and branding, lifting equipment and inspections, NATA Accredited testing and services, height safety installed systems and training, managed inventory, eCommerce and digital solutions, clothing fitouts and yearly uniform issues, ethical sourcing, Indigenous Engagement, and environmental responsibility. We have an Australia-wide network of branches that ensures fast shipping across the country.

Bunzl Brands & Operations Pty Ltd (BBO) located at 55 Sarah Andrews Close Erskine Park NSW 2579 quality scope covers: manufacturing, importing, wholesaling, repairing and testing of lifting, rigging equipment, winches, hoists and materials handling products. The manufacture of synthetic slings and webbing products including load restraint and height safety equipment. Manufacture, import, wholesale and distribution of PPE products, workwear and hand tools. Design and development of products and services and the provision of mechanical testing services.