3M™ Total Eyewear Solutions
Professionally
Fitted
for Personalized Protection
A comprehensive, one-stop program for prescription
and non-prescription safety eyewear.
Workplace Eye Injuries: A Real Concern
The Challenge: Eye Injuries
are Prevalent in the Workplace
Every day, approximately 2,000 U.S. workers
sustain a work-related eye injury that requires
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medical treatment.
employers and their workers, because about
1 in 10 injuries require one or more missed
workdays to recover.
Eye Injuries occur for two main reasons:
• Not wearing eye protection.
Nearly three out of every five workers injured are not
wearing eye protection at the time of the accident.
• Wearing the wrong eye protection for the job.
40% of the injured workers were wearing some form of
eye protection when the accident occurred. However,
these workers were most likely to be wearing protective
eyeglasses that offered inadequate eye protection.
This is a problem for both
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The Opportunity: Most
Eye Injuries are Preventable
Experts believe that the correct eye protection
could lessen the severity of or even prevent
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90% of eye injuries.
play a major role in preventing these injuries.
• Compliance
Workers always need to wear eye protection, and to be
effective, the eyewear must be of the appropriate type
for the hazard encountered and properly fitted.
• Education
Even though the vast majority of employers furnished eye
protection at no cost to employees, about 40% of the
workers received no information on where and what kind
of eyewear should be used.
1 www.cdc.gov/niosh © 2012 National Institute for Occupational
Safet y and Health.
2 www.preventblindness.org © 2011 Prevent Blindness America.
3 Bureau of L abor Statistics.
4 U.S. Eye Injury Registry Summary Report, 1998-20 02.
Compliance and education
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Announcing
3M™ Total
Eyewear Solutions
A comprehensive program focused on helping you keep workers protected
and comfortable with a wide variety of prescription and non-prescription safety
eyewear professionally fitted for your employees.
Introducing:
3M™ Total Eyewear
Solutions
Solving Your Eye Safety Challenges
Protecting your employees from eye injuries can be a challenge, because preventing injuries
requires every employee to consistently wear the appropriate eyewear protection. 3M has provided
the industry with eye protection products for nearly 100 years, and we understand the challenges
associated with demanding working conditions and the environmental hazards that can cause
eye injuries.
The 3M Total Eyewear Solutions program offers the comprehensive services needed to fit every
employee with the appropriate prescription and non-prescription protective eyewear for their job.
This program delivers one-stop, on-site service you will value.
Comprehensive Program
Benefits and Services
With broad industry expertise, 3M offers a comprehensive
eyewear support program that can make it easier for you
to manage your company’s eye safety program.
On-Site Professional Optician
Consultation and Fitting
For large facilities, 3M offers on-site fitting services by
a qualified optician to provide personalized fitting for all
3M eyewear.
The process:
• Once you have identified the potential safety hazards at your
site, 3M sales specialists will consult with your organization
to help determine the optimum eyewear products
for those hazards.
• 3M will provide a qualified optician to professionally fit
prescription and non-prescription eyewear that will help
maximize workers’ safety and comfort.
• Employees have the opportunity to choose the style
of eye protection they prefer from the range of options
selected by your organization.
Enhancing Protection and Comfort
Professionally fitted eyewear helps provide better protection
from environmental hazards and costly eye injuries. With 3M’s
Total Eyewear Solutions program, every employee will benefit
from a professional optician consultation and personalized
fitting services.
Nation-Wide Service and Support
In addition to providing on-site optician fitting services, 3M
provides off-site optician fitting through a network of over
2,500 certified eye care professionals (ECPs) across the United
States. On-site or off-site, 3M can help customize protection
for each facility while implementing consistent safety practices.
Comprehensive Online Reporting
3M’s Total Eyewear Solutions program includes an online
platform that helps you improve administrative cost control
and track eligibility, access custom order forms, and make
changes to eyewear options while providing accurate, detailed
and timely reporting and invoicing.
Eyewear Protection
for Every Employee
Non-Prescription 3M™ Protective Eyewear
3M protective eyewear features the comfort and adjustability that professionals need for full-shift
wear. With over 400 options in a wide range of styles, lens tints, coatings and shades, 3M protective
eyewear offers the advanced protection needed for almost every environment.
Multiple Lens
Tints and Coatings
3M offers a variety of taskspecific lenses and tints to help
reduce glare, eye stress and
fatigue, as well as a range
of lens coatings—from standard Hard Coat and Anti-Fog to
3M’s exclusive coatings, such as Rugged Anti-Scratch (RAS)
and DX™ Anti-Fog Hard Coat.
Cool and Contemporary Styles
Style is a critical factor when it comes to raising the
acceptance of the user to wear personal protective equipment
(PPE). 3M’s range of eyewear offers a variety of modern and
stylish products from which to choose.
Some Examples of Protective Eyewear include: Some Examples of Protective SRx Eyewear include:
3M™ Virtua™ AP D490 w/Sideshields3M™ Maxim™ w/RAS Urban 63M™ Lexa™ Splash GoggleGear
models are available in readers and goggles. 3M also offers
eyewear that is compatible with other safety equipment,
such as earmuffs and hard hats.
Compliant
All 3M protective eyewear and goggles meet the High Impact
Requirements of ANSI Z87.1-2003 or ANSI Z87.1-2010,
depending on the model, and provide reliable UV
protection—polycarbonate lenses absorb 99.9% UV.
Extensive Eyewear Line
3M’s extensive full line of
protective eyewear includes
economical and value-oriented
models, as well as unique
premium products. Some
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Graceful unisex styling and
integral sideshields.
RAS (rugged anti-scratch coating) –
for tough environments that require
extremely scratch-resistant lenses.
Lightweight, low-profile splash goggle
with adjustable lens angle.
3M™ Prescription Eyewear (SRx)
3M’s safety prescription eyewear is engineered to provide employees who have prescriptions with
the eye protection they need to work in a wide variety of environments. Using the latest in lens and
coating technologies, safety prescription eyewear is durable and helps improve visual acuity.
A Comprehensive Selection of Frame Styles
With over 55 choices, 3M’s frame collection features a variety
of fitting characteristics to improve comfort, including soft
adjustable nose pads, comfort nose bridges, spring hinge flex
temples and adjustable length temples.
Sideshields
Designed to provide lateral
coverage while optimizing
fit and comfort, innovative
Brow-Guard® sideshields are
an important feature on safety
prescription eyewear.
Compliant
All 3M prescription eyewear frames meet the requirements
of ANSI Z87.1-2003.
Lens Materials,
Options and Coatings
3M offers all lens materials,
including Polycarbonate and
Trivex® as well as plastic
and glass lenses. Only
Polycarbonate and Trivex meet the ANSI Standard as High
Impact Protectors. Glass and plastic lenses meet the ANSI
Standard as Not Rated for Impact.
You can choose from a variety of lens options, including
Progressive Addition Lens designs. For sun protection, we
offer Transitions® and Life Rx® photochromic lenses, as well
as Polarized lenses. Coating options include SuperCote™,
Anti-Reflective and Anti-Fog Coatings.
Contemporary styling in unisex
plastic; removable or permanent
sideshields available.
Streamlined SRx frame with the
latest trend in wide temples, suitable
for both clear or sun lenses.
ZT100 w/Sideshields
Zero Tolerance (ZT) for eye injuries,
uncomfortable frames and improper
fitting eyewear. Available with clear,
mesh or opaque sideshields.
Enhance your eye safety program today!
3M offers more than just safety eyewear. With Total Eyewear Solutions, we can be a
partner in the success of your program.
3M offers unparalleled technical support and the assurance of
top-quality eyewear backed a comprehensive written warranty.
In U.S. Non-Prescription Prescription (SRx)
Technical Assistance 1-800-243-4630
Customer Care Center 1-800-328-1667 1-800-982-2828
Internet 3M.com/PPESafety 3M.com/safetyrx
Transitions is a registered trademark of Transition
Optical, Inc. Trivex is a registered trademark of
PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. Life Rx is a registered
Occupational Health
and Environmental
Safety Division
3M Center
Building 235-2W-70
St. Paul, MN 55144-1000
Prescription SRx
Optical Laboratory
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Plymouth, IN 46563
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To learn more about the 3M Total
Eyewear Solutions program and
other PPE products, contact your
local 3M representative.
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limi ted eye and fa ce pr ote ction. Misuse or fa ilu re
to follow warnings an d instru ctions may resul t in
seri ous pote ntial in jur y, including blindness or death.
For pro per us e, selectio n, a nd applicatio ns against flying
part icles, optica l rad iation and / or splash, see supe rvi sor,
read Use r In structions and war nings on the packag e,
or c all 3M OH& ESD Technical Ser vic e i n the U SA at
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