About Bifocal Safety Glasses

Many jobs require the use of safety glasses, especially jobs involving the operation of heavy equipment or materials that may be hazardous to the eyes. People who wear prescription eyeglasses often find themselves unable to see clearly when using safety glasses, a problem that is both inconvenient and unsafe. Bifocal safety glasses solve this problem by combining eye protection with prescription vision correction.

Benefits

• Wearers of bifocal safety glasses need not remove or reposition their glasses to focus on distant objects due to the inclusion of a corrective lower lens section.

Types

• Lenses may be clear, colored, tinted or come with an anti-fog coating, and some lenses offer UV protection for those who work outdoors.

Features

• Most bifocal safety glasses are made with a single wrap-around lens, but some include two lenses that are held together by a frame.

Function

• Bifocal safety glasses protect against eye damage caused by operating industrial machinery and equipment, while simultaneously offering vision correction.

Considerations

• Most manufactures of bifocal safety glasses only stock lenses with diopter ratings of plus 1 to plus 2.5, and lenses outside of this range are typically expensive and require special order. Diopter ratings are a measurement of magnification.