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Lying Eyewear - Safety Eyewear Does Not Meet Voluntary Standard
Category: Seeing Clearly Now
Seeing Clearly Now is one of the topical categories on my blog. The news today about safety eyewear is, unfortunately, a perfect fit for the topic.
Did you know that over 2,000 work-related eye injuries occur every day in the USA? Eye injuries cost the economy over $300 million annually due to lost productivity, medical expenses and workers' compensation.New data from the Illinois College of Optometry (ICO) challenges the effectiveness of protection in safety eyewear offered by several leading manufacturers.
The issue concerns a voluntary industry safety standard called ANSI Z87.1. Safety eyewear that claims to meet the ANSI 287.1 standard are expected to withstand a high velocity, high energy impact. ICO researchers tested 75 safety spectacle frames from five different manufacturers. Each frame was fitted with durable polycarbonate lenses by laboratory experts. The eyewear then underwent a series of high velocity, high mass pellet strikes that simulated real-world mechanical forces. The frames from half of the eyewear samples failed the safety tests. Metal frames fared poorest.
Only one manufacturer's products passed all of the tests - A2 frames from Hilco.
Eye safety experts point out that there is no government oversight regarding ANSI standards - it depends solely on manufacturer self-regulation.
From WebMD
What about making it a crime for any manufacturer to falsely claim its product meets a safety standard and allowing the award of punitive damages for any injuries that result from the defective condition of the product? And, a mandatory recall of the product when the false claim is discovered?
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