Maxisafe safety glasses are rigorously tested and certified to meet the stringent Australian standards for guaranteed resistance to specific hazards. This certification ensures our eyewear provides reliable protection against various workplace hazards, including impacts, chemical splashes, and harmful UV radiation.
This Standard sets out requirements and recommended practices for the protection of the eyes and faces of persons against hazards such as flying particles, dust, splashing materials and molten metals, harmful gases, vapours and aerosols, solar radiation and high-intensity radiation generated during operations such as welding and furnace work.
The Standard is intended to promote the health and safety of persons exposed to occupational hazards by giving guidance on eliminating and controlling eye and face hazards and selecting and using eye protectors.
Specifies minimum requirements for non-prescription eye and face protectors and associated oculars designed to provide protection for the eyes and faces of persons against common occupational hazards such as flying particles and fragments, dusts, splashing materials and molten metals, harmful gases, vapours and aerosols. Requirements for optical qualities and low, medium, high, and very high impact resistance are given and appendices describing appropriate test methods are included in this Standard.
| Type of protector | Ocular marking(s) (several may apply) | Eye protector marking(s) (several may apply) |
|---|---|---|
| Low impact | The letters ‘HT’ where the ocular is heat tempered The letters ‘CT’ where the ocular is chemically tempered Use of the letter ‘S’ is optional |
No requirements additional to Clause 3.5.1a |
| Medium impact | ‘I’ or ‘F’_ _* | ‘I’ or ‘F’_ _* |
| High impact | ‘V’ or ‘B’ _ _* | ‘V’ or ‘B’ _ _* |
| Extra high impact | ‘A’ | ‘A’ |
| Molten metal and hot solids | ‘M’ or ‘9’_ _* | ‘M’ or ‘9’_ _* |
| Splashproof | ‘C’ or ‘3’_ _* | |
| Dustproof | ‘D’ or ‘4’_ _* | |
| Gastight | ‘G’ or ‘5’_ _* | |
| Outdoor use, untinted | ‘O’ | ‘O’ |
| Sunglare ocular | Category number | |
| Photochromic sunglare ocular | Category numbers | |
| High temperature | ‘H’ | ‘H’ |
| Eye & face protector type | Low impact 12m/s | Medium impact 45m/s | High impact 120m/s | Extra high impact 190m/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wide vision spectacle | • | • | ||
| Goggle | • | • | ||
| Eye shield | • | • | ||
| Face shield | • | • | • | • |
UV400 not only filters 100 % of UVA rays (20 % still passes through 380 nm lenses), it also completely minimises temperature-induced cell changes — a factor which increases tenfold in the percentage of total cell damage in the range from 380 to 400 nm.
Maxisafe’s range of safety glasses and goggles are rigorously tested and certified to Australian Standards to provide superior protection against occupational risks.
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