There is not a safety professional on this planet that has not had to deal with a worker putting side shields on their street glasses and trying to pass them off as “safety glasses”. These days we often get the argument from the worker that the lenses are “plastic and are the same as safety glasses”. Trying to explain the difference between the two can be difficult, but I have the answer…a FREE video (.wmv). This video does an excellent job showing the different forces needed to break glass lenses, plastic lenses, and high impact polycarbonate lenses. I am making this 3 minute video part of my annual PPE training just so they can see it for their own eyes. P.S. The below image is one of the thousands of images in the SAFTENG.net Members area.
