Eye Protection

“The eye is the jewel of the body” - Henry David Thoreau.

Well, MCR Safety wants everyone to keep the natural jewels given to them at birth! We manufacture safety glasses that protect countless hard working people from the most dangerous working environments. From a construction site, to a Machine Shop, all the way to an Oil Refinery, our safety glasses are preventing eyewear injuries.

When it comes to being protected at work from the above hazards mentioned, every employee is guaranteed the right to be protected. OSHA’s 1910.133(a)(1) eye protection standard states that the employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards.

You might be wondering, why does MCR Safety offer so many different styles, features and lens options? Well, first and most importantly, we have been manufacturing safety glasses since 1984. With well over 30 years of experience, we know that every industry has specific applications requiring different protection. Second, we know our customers want new, fresh and updated stylish eyewear styles. As one customer once told us, “Users are constantly looking for a new style at least every two years. A style that is new to the market”. We aim to please, which is why we're constantly developing new eyewear designs and styles. Our new eyewear styles are winning new product of the year awards too. The Force Flex 2 style was awarded new product of the year back in 2010! You can read more about it in the Flexible Technology feature section. Our Dominator style won new product of the year in 2016! You will find the Dominator across several feature pages.

Different Lens Options

Protective eyewear is available in a variety of lenses. These tints are not merely decorative, but are designed to enhance the workers vision under various lighting conditions. The amount of visible light that passes through each lens and how this affects one’s vision are important buying factors

Eyewear UV Transmission

Sunlight has a profound effect on the skin causing premature skin aging, skin cancer, and a host of skin changes. Exposure to ultraviolet light, UVA or UVB, from sunlight accounts for 90% of the symptoms of premature skin aging. Many skin changes that were commonly believed to be due to aging, such as easy bruising, are actually a result of prolonged exposure to UV radiation. The sun gives off ultraviolet radiation that we divide into categories based on the wavelength.

• UVC - 100 to 290 nm
• UVB - 290 to 320 nm
• UVA - 320 to 400 nm

UVC

UVC radiation is almost completely absorbed by the ozone layer and does not affect the skin. UVC radiation can be found in artificial sources such as mercury arc lamps and germicidal lamps.

UVB

UVB affects the outer layer of skin, the epidermis, and is the primary agent responsible for sunburns. It is the most intense between the hours of 10:00 am and 2:00 pm when the sunlight is brightest. It is also more intense in the summer months accounting for 70% of a person's yearly UVB dose. UVB does not penetrate glass.

UVA

UVA was once thought to have a minor effect on skin damage, but now studies are showing that UVA is a major contributor to skin damage. UVA penetrates deeper into the skin and works more efficiently. The intensity of UVA radiation is more constant than UVB without the variations during the day and throughout the year. UVA is also not filtered by glass.

All of our polycarbonate lenses found in our Crews eyewear styles block out 99.9% of harmful UV radiation found in the harmful UV light range up to 400 nanometers (nm).

Faceshield UV Transmission

Our faceshields are made of either PETG or polycarbonate. PETG offers 100% UV protection up to 320 nm. The polycarbonate shields offer 100% UV protection up to 360 nm and blocks approximately 96% of UV light up to 380 nm.

We endorse our faceshield to be secondary protection and should be worn over safety glasses, which offer 99.9 percent UV protection in the harmful range up to 400 nm.