Eye protection

Eye protection is protective gear for the eyes, and sometimes face, designed to reduce the risk of injury. Examples of risks requiring eye protection can include: impact from particles or debris, light or radiation, wind blast, heat, sea spray or impact from some type of ball or puck used in sports.Safety glassesSunglassesA U.S. Navy sailor using welding glassesSolar eclipse glassesSwim gogglesA U.S. military scientist using laser protection eyewearInfection control eye protectionU.S. Navy sailor wearing eye protection in the late 1990sThe gold-impregnated faceshield of spacesuits protects astronauts from direct Sun rays.Anna Millward wearing a cycling helmet and eye protectorsSurgeon wearing loupes as eye protection from blood spatter Eye protection is protective gear for the eyes, and sometimes face, designed to reduce the risk of injury. Examples of risks requiring eye protection can include: impact from particles or debris, light or radiation, wind blast, heat, sea spray or impact from some type of ball or puck used in sports. Eye protection are typically separated into categories based on the style of eye wear and the hazard they are designed to reduce. There categories include: Spectacles with side protection; Goggles; Welding helmet; Welding Hand Shields; Non-Rigid Helmets (hoods); Face shield; and Respirator Face pieces.