The optimum fit for your safety spectacles – the answer to preventing your glasses from slipping and pinching

Ideally fitting glasses play an important role both in everyday life and at work. Glasses that slip are not only annoying but can be extremely dangerous in day-to-day working life. We explain what you need to consider when making sure that your safety spectacles fit you in the best way possible. Glasses that pinch or slip at work – the underrated risks Perfectly fitting safety spectacles…

Which factors contribute to safety on construction sites?

Safety on construction sites is an extremely important goal for everyone involved in building projects. Dangerous work may be carried out on construction sites, accidents on site are often serious and the health and safety of numerous employees is at stake. In this article, uvex will therefore identify important factors for safety on construction sites. Which legal regulations…

Occupational health and safety for your employees

In many jobs, employees face particular health and safety hazards. In these jobs, the right to life and physical integrity (German Basic Law, § 2), which also applies in the workplace, is applicable. Therefore, in 1996, the legislator stipulated in the German Occupational Health and Safety Act (ArbSchG) how “the safety and health of employees at work are to be ensured and improved through…

uvex i-3 add – prescription safety spectacles for safe vision support

Around 18.35 million people in Germany need corrective lenses. Those who wear glasses often face a significant problem: normal glasses are not always suitable for wearing at work. In many sectors, spectacles need to do more than simply function as a visual aid. Particularly in fields with increased risk profiles, such as work in laboratories or dusty environments, or activities that involve…

Contract work – what about the occupational health and safety of temporary workers?

According to statistics portal Statista, around 900,000 workers were employed in Germany in 2019 within the framework of the German Law on Temporary Employment. Approximately half of these workers were employed in the production sector. However, there are more work accidents in this sector per se than is the case for administrative tasks in offices or in the service sector. At the same time,…

Case study: Concerns about blue light in the laboratory – and how safety spectacles can help

“A few years ago, our laboratory employees started complaining frequently of headaches and eye fatigue. They couldn’t concentrate on their work, which in turn had a negative effect on performance and productivity.  An in-depth analysis revealed the new LED lamp lighting as a possible cause. In the search for a solution, we gave our employees uvex safety spectacles with the uvex CBR65 tint,…

uvex CR eyewear – the first autoclavable safety spectacles

A sterile workplace and sterile PPE are indispensable in the fields of medicine and pharmaceuticals – especially during a pandemic, a sterile working environment is all the more important and vital. We put our trust in the most reliable sterilisation process: the autoclave. In this blog post, we will introduce you to this process and present the first autoclavable uvex safety spectacles — uvex…

Duty to wear safety spectacles – what you need to know

In many situations, it seems logical to wear safety spectacles. But when is it actually compulsory? And where are the hidden dangers? We take a look at these questions in the following blog post. We will also clear up anything else you need to bear in mind when it comes to protecting your eyes. When is it compulsory to wear safety spectacles? In many workplace environments, you are…