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Approved Specifications for Eye Protectors

  1. British Standard Specification BS 2092
    Industrial eye-protectors for general purposes
  2. British Standard Specification BS 1542
    Equipment for eye and neck protection against radiation arising during welding and similar operations
  3. British Standard Specification BS 679
    Filters for use during welding and similar industrial operations
  4. British Standard Specification BS 1729
    Green protective spectacles and screens for steelworks operations
  5. Australian Standard Specification AS 1337
    Industrial eye protectors
  6. Australian Standard Specification AS 1338
    Protective filters against optical radiation in welding and allied operations
  7. American National Standard Institute Z87.1-1986
    American National Standard practice for occupational and educational eye and face protection
  8. German Industrial Standard Specifications DIN 58210 and DIN 58211
    Protective goggles
  9. Australian/New Zealand Standard (AS/NZS 1337:1992)
    Eye protectors for industrial applications
  10. Australian/New Zealand Standard (AS/NZS 1338.1:1992)
    Filters for eye protectors - Filters for protection against radiation generated in welding and allied operations
  11. Australian/New Zealand Standard (AS/NZS 1338.3:1992)
    Filters for eye protectors - Filters for protection against infra-red radiation
  12. American National Standard (ANSI Z87.1-1989)
    Practice for occupational and educational eye and face protection 
  13. American National Standard (ANSI Z136.1-1993)
    Safe use of lasers
  14. British Standard (BS EN 166:1996)
    Personal eye-protection - Specifications 
  15. European Standard (EN 166:1995)
    Personal eye-protection - Specifications
  16. British Standard (BS EN 169:1992)
    Filters for personal eye - protection equipment used in welding and similar operations
  17. European Standard (EN 169:1992)
    Personal eye-protection - filters for welding and related techniques-transmittance requirements and recommended utilisation
  18. British Standard (BS EN 171:1992)
    Infra-red filters used in personal eye-protection equipment
  19. European Standard (EN 171:1992)
    Personal eye-protection - Infra-red filters - Transmittance requirements and recommended use
  20. British Standard (BS EN 175:1997)
    Personal protection - Equipment for eye and face protection during welding and allied processes
  21. European Standard (EN 175:1997)
    Personal protection - Equipment for eye and face protection during welding and allied processes
  22. British Standard (BS EN 207:1994)
    Filters and equipment used for personal eye-protection against laser radiation 
  23. European Standard (EN 207:1998)
    Personal eye-protection - Filters and eye-protection against laser radiation
  24. British Standard (BS EN 208:1994)
    Personal eye-protection used for adjustment work on lasers and laser systems
  25. European Standard (EN 208:1998)
    Personal eye-protection - Eye-protectors for adjustment work on lasers and laser systems (Laser adjustment eye-protectors)
  26. British Standard (BS EN 379:1994)
    Welding filters with switchable luminous transmittance and welding filters with dual luminous transmittance
  27. European Standard (EN 379:1994)
    Welding filters with switchable luminous transmittance and welding filters with dual luminous transmittance
  28. Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS T 8141:1980)
    Eye protectors for radiations
  29. Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS T 8147:1994)
    Eye protector
  30. American National Standard (ANSI Z87.1-2003)
    OCCUPATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PERSONAL EYE AND FACE PROTECTION DEVICES
  31. American National Standard (ANSI Z87.1-2010)
    AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD FOR OCCUPATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PERSONAL EYE AND FACE PROTECTION DEVICES
  32. American National Standard (ANSI Z136.1-2000)
    AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD FOR SAFE USE OF LASERS
  33. American National Standard (ANSI Z136.1-2007)
    AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD FOR SAFE USE OF LASERS
  34. Australian/New Zealand Standard (AS/NZS 1337.1:2010)
    PERSONAL EYE PROTECTION
    PART 1: EYE AND FACE PROTECTORS FOR OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONS
  35. Australian/New Zealand Standard (AS/NZS 1338.1:2012)
    FILTERS FOR EYE PROTECTORS
    PART 1: FILTERS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION GENERATED IN WELDING AND ALLIED OPERATIONS
  36. Australian/New Zealand Standard (AS/NZS 1338.3:2012)
    FILTERS FOR EYE PROTECTORS
    PART 3: FILTERS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST INFRA-RED RADIATION
  37. British Standard (BS EN 166:2002)
    PERSONAL EYE-PROTECTION – SPECIFICATIONS
  38. British Standard (BS EN 169:2002)
    PERSONAL EYE-PROTECTION – FILTERS FOR WELDING AND RELATED TECHNIQUES – TRANSMITTANCE REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDED USE
  39. British Standard (BS EN 171:2002)
    PERSONAL EYE-PROTECTION – INFRARED FILTERS – TRANSMITTANCE REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDED USE
  40. British Standard (BS EN 207:1999)
    PERSONAL EYE-PROTECTION – FILTERS AND EYE-PROTECTORS AGAINST LASER RADIATION (LASER EYE-PROTECTORS)
  41. British Standard (BS EN 207:2009)
    PERSONAL EYE-PROTECTION EQUIPMENT – FILTERS AND EYE-PROTECTORS AGAINST LASER RADIATION (LASER EYE-PROTECTORS)
  42. British Standard (BS EN 208:1999)
    PERSONAL EYE-PROTECTION – EYE PROTECTORS FOR ADJUSTMENT WORK ON LASERS AND LASER SYSTEMS (LASER ADJUSTMENT EYE-PROTECTORS)
  43. British Standard (BS EN 208:2009)
    PERSONAL EYE-PROTECTION – EYE-PROTECTORS FOR ADJUSTMENT WORK ON LASERS AND LASER SYSTEMS (LASER ADJUSTMENT EYE-PROTECTORS)
  44. British Standard (BS EN 379:2003)
    PERSONAL EYE-PROTECTION – AUTOMATIC WELDING FILTERS
  45. Canadian Standards Association Standard (CSA Z94.3-02)
    EYE AND FACE PROTECTORS
  46. Canadian Standards Association Standard (CSA Z94.3-07)
    EYE AND FACE PROTECTORS
  47. German Standard (DIN EN 166:2002-04)
    PERSONAL EYE-PROTECTION – SPECIFICATIONS
  48. European Standard (EN 166:2001)
    PERSONAL EYE-PROTECTION – SPECIFICATIONS
  49. European Standard (EN 169:2002)
    PERSONAL EYE-PROTECTION – FILTERS FOR WELDING AND RELATED TECHNIQUES – TRANSMITTANCE REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDED USE
  50. European Standard (EN 171:2002)
    PERSONAL EYE-PROTECTION – INFRARED FILTERS – TRANSMITTANCE REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDED USE
  51. European Standard (EN 207:2009)
    PERSONAL EYE-PROTECTION EQUIPMENT – FILTERS AND EYE-PROTECTORS AGAINST LASER RADIATION (LASER EYE-PROTECTORS)
  52. European Standard (EN 208:2009)
    PERSONAL EYE-PROTECTION – EYE-PROTECTORS FOR ADJUSTMENT WORK ON LASERS AND LASER SYSTEMS (LASER ADJUSTMENT EYE-PROTECTORS)
  53. European Standard (EN 379:2003)
    PERSONAL EYE-PROTECTION – AUTOMATIC WELDING FILTERS
  54. Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS T 8141:2003)
    PERSONAL EYE PROTECTORS FOR OPTICAL RADIATIONS
  55. Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS T 8147:2003)
    PERSONAL EYE PROTECTORS