Impact Performance of Safety Eyecup Goggles

摘要

This report describes impact tests of eyecup safety goggles advertised as meeting the requirements of the ANSI Z87.1 standard and therefore as suitable for use by U.S. workers. This report presents the results of three safety goggle testing programs conducted in 1977, 1978, and 1979. The 1978 and 1979 tests are follow-up tests prompted by the poor performance of many models in the 1977 tests. A description of each test is included along with a discussion of the test results. In each of the three testing programs, the overall performance was consistently poor. Thirty-one percent of all models tested failed the frame impact test and 44 percent failed the lens impact test.