European Standards for Eye Protection

Testing and evaluation of products for eye and face protection are carried out according to the following European harmonized standards. Specified is the year of the current english version. The publication year of the DIN-version may be different.

EN 165:2006:Personal eye-protection – Vocabulary (n.a.)
EN 166:2001:Personal eye-protection - Specifications
EN 167:2001:Personal eye-protection - Optical test methods
EN 168:2001:Personal eye-protection - Non-optical test methods
EN 169:2002:Personal eye-protection - Filters for welding and related techniques - Transmittance requirements and recommended use
EN 170:2002:Personal eye-protection - Ultraviolet filters - Transmittance requirements and recommended use
EN 171:2002:Personal eye-protection - Infrared filters- Transmittance requirements and recommended use
EN 172:2001:Personal eye-protection - Sunglare filters for industrial use
EN 174:2001:Personal eye-protection - Ski goggles for downhill skiing
EN 175:1997:Personal eye-protection - Equipment for eye and face protection during welding and allied processes
EN 207:2009:Personal eye-protection equipment - Filters and eye-protectors against laser radiation (laser eye protectors)
EN 208:2009:Personal eye-protection - Eye protectors for adjustment work on lasers and laser systems (laser adjustment eye-protectors)
EN 379:2009:Personal eye-protection - Automatic welding filters
EN 1598:2001:Health and safety in welding and allied processes, transparent welding curtains, strips and screens for arc welding processes
EN 1731:2006:Personal eye-protection - Mesh eye and face protectors
EN 1836:2005:Personal eye-equipment - Sunglasses and sunglare filters for general use and filters for direct observations of the sun
EN 1938:2010:Personal eye-protection - Goggles for motorcycle and moped users
EN 13178:2000:Personal eye-protection - Eye protectors for snow mobile users
EN 12254:2002:Screens for laser working places
EN 14458:2004:Personal eye-equipment - Faceshields and visors for use with firefighters' and high performance industrial safety helmets used by firefighters, ambulance and emergency services
EN 58214:1997:Eye-protectors - Helmets – terms, forms and requirements
GS-ET29 : 2011:Supplementary requirements for the testing and certification of face shields for electrical works - face shields for live working

Other international standards

In addition to the tests that are required by the European harmonized standards, ECS offers the test procedures and assessments according to the following international standards.

Australian (AS/NZS) Standards

AS/NZS 1337.1 : 2010, Personal eye protection - Part 1: Eye and face protection for occupational applications

AS/NZS 1337.4 : 2004, Personal eye protection - Part 4: Filters and eye-protectors against laser radiation (laser eye-protectors)

AS/NZS 1337.5 : 2004, Personal eye protection - Part 5: Eye-protectors for adjustment work on lasers and laser systems (laser adjustment eye-protectors)

AS/NZS 1337.6 : 2012, Personal eye protection - Part 6: Prescription eye protectors against low and medium impact

AS/NZS 1338.1 : 2012, Personal eye protection - Part 1: Filters for protection against radiation generated in welding and allied operations

AS/NZS 1338.2 : 2012, Personal eye protection - Part 2: Filters for protection against ultravioklet radiation

AS/NZS 1338.3 : 2012, Personal eye protection - Part 3: Filters for protection against infra-red radiation

AS/NZS 1067 : 2003, Sunglasses and fashion spectacles

ANSI Standards

ANSI / ISEA Z87.1 - 2010, American national standard for occupational and educational personal eye and face protection devices

ANSI Z80.1 - 2010, American national standard for ophthalmics - Prescription spectacle lenses

CSA Standards

CSA Z94.3-07, Eye and face protectors