( Reaffirmed 2002 )

I$ : 8526 - 1977

Indian Standard
GUIDE FOR SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL
SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR EYE, FACE
AND EAR PROTECTION
Industrial Safety Advisory Committee,
Chairman
BRIG G. R. CHAINANI

ISAC

Representing
Directorate General, Factory Advice Service and
Labour Institutes
( Ministry
of Labour ),
Bombay

Members
SHRI P. R. SURENDR~NATHAN ( dlternate to
Brig G. R. Chainani )
Hind Mazdoor Sabha, Bombay
SHRI BIMAL BANERJEE
SHRI BACHA PRASAD (Alternate )
Indian Airlines Corporation, New Delhi
SHRI U. C. BANERJEE
SHRI M. N. AR~RA ( Alternate )
United Trades Union Congress, Calcutta
SHRI SUSHIL B~ATTACHARYA
SHRI PI~ATUL CIIOWDHU~Y ( Alternate )
Mining
Research
Station
( CSIR ),
Central
DR M. K. CHAKRABORTY
Dhanbad
DR B. SIN~H ( Alternate )
Ministry of Shipping & Transport
SJIRI N. CHAKRABOWY
SKRI S. RA~HAVAN ( Alternate )
Directorate
General of Health
Services,
New
DR S. K. C~IATTERJEE
Delhi
DLLA. K. BANERJEM ( Alternate )
CHIEF
MECIIANICAL ENGINEER, Railway Board ( Ministry of Railways )
RAILWAY,
NEW
NORTHERN
DELHI
Trade
Union
Indian
National
Congress,
SHRI J. S. DARA
New Delhi
Builders Association of India, Calcutta
SHRI B. K. Du.41r.
LT-COL D. K. Guosrs ( Aller/zate )
Committee
on Safety for the Steel
Standing
SHILI D. M. DHAIS
Industry, Durgnpur
Central Electricity Authority, New Delhi
DIRE;~;U($MWW~~AL
)
DIRECTOR
( Colcr~r~~cran ) ( Alternate )
Indian Cotton Mills Federation, Bombay
SHIZI S. K. J~GP~ANI
All India Trade Union Congress, Delhi
SIIRI B. D. Josrr~
( Co&zued 011,ba,oe2 )
@ Cojyright 1977
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STANDARDS
INSTITUTION
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( Continuedfrom

page 1 )
Representing

Members
SHRI
SHRI
SHRI
SHRI

S.
A.
H.
P.

H.
R.
D.
N.

KAMAT
KESKAVA MURTHY
KHAN~A
MEHROTRA

All India Manufacturers

Organization, Bombay
Ministry of Communications
Indian Jute Mills Association, Calcutta
Standing Fire Advisory Committee
( Ministry of
Home Affairs 1. New Delhi

SHRI G. B. MERON ( Alternate)

Chief Controllerate of Explosives, Nagpur
SHRI I. N. MURTY
SHRI CHARANJIT LAL (Alternate)
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Banealore
SHRI S. NAMBI
The SafetvI First Association of IGdia. New Delhi
DR N. M. PANT
SH~I V. K. MU&THY ( Alternate )
Directorate
General
of
Ordnance
Factories
SHRI S. G. RAWADE
( Ministry of Defence ), Calcutta
Ministry of Defence ( DGI )
LT-COL B. N. S. RAO
SHRI S. P. KAPOOR (Altern&)
Hindustan Steel Ltd, Bhilai
SHRI S. RX.
RAO
Directorate General of Mines Safety, Dhanbad
REPRESENTATIVE
SHRI K. C. GANGULY ( Alternate)
Corporation,
Insurance
State
Employees
SHRI I. C. S~RIN
New Delhi
DR K. M. SAXEXA (Alternate)
Ministry of Petroleum & Chemicals
SIIRI P. SESKADRI
SHW JAGJIT SINGH ( Alternate I )
SHI~I P. C. EASAW ( Alternate II )
Indian
Chemical
Manufacturers
Association,
SHILI D. K. SIRKAI~
Calcutta
National Safety Council, Bombay
COL SU~HUEV SINGH
SHIU N. RAGI~AVAN ( Altenuzte )
Central Boilers Board, New Delhi
TIXIINI~A~, A~vrsmr. ( BOILEIW )
Indian Roads Congress.
SH~I P. K. T~AKUR
v
, New Delhi
SHRI G. VISHWANATHAN ( Alternate )
Directorate General of Civil Aviation, New Delhi
SHRI S. VEN~A~WA~MY
Director General, IS1 ( Ex-o$cio Member)
Dn G. M. SAXENA,
Director ( Chem )
Secretary
SHRI P. S. ARORA
Deputy Director ( Chem ), IS1

Safety

Equipment

Subcommittee,

ISAC/S-2

Convener
SHIU D. M. DHAR

Hindustan

Steel Ltd, Durgapur

Members
SHRI J. J. ADHIA

Century Spinning
Bombay

SH~I M. V. Rae (Alternate)

Ministry
SH~I K. BARDHAN
Snnr J. I. AG~I~WAI, ( Alternate )

of Defence

and

Manufacturing

Co Ltd,

( DGI )
( Continued on page 6 )

IS : 8520-1977

Indian Standard
GUIDE FOR SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL
SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR EYE, FACE
AND EAR PROTECTION
0. FOREWORD
0.1 This Indian

Standard was adopted by the Indian Standards Institution

on 14 March
1977, after the draft finalized
by the Industrial
Safety
Advisory Committee
had been approved by the Executive Committee.
0.2 This standard is intended to guide workers and those in-charge
of
their safety in industrial operations in selecting such protective
equipment
for eyes, face and ear as will give the required protection
against hazards
likely to be encountered.
0.3 Indian Standards published on safety equipment
face and ear are given in Appendix A.

for protection

of eyes,

1. SCOPE
1.1 This standard describes the hazards which call for the use of safety
equipment for the protection of eyes, face and ears and provides guidance
on the protection
afforded against specific types of hazards by different
types of protective equipment.
~2. CLASSIFICATION

OF HAZARDS
RELATED
AND EAR PROTECTION
EQUIPMENT

2.1 Hazards

against which protection

should be used are given below:

Code No.
of Hazard

Protection

-equipment
Tytical

Against Hazard

TO EYE,

for eyes, face

Industrial

FACE
and

ear

Operations

H-l

Impact

Chipping, caulking, sealing, grinding of metals,

stone
dressing;
turning
of cast iron and nonferrous metals, etc

H-2

Dust

Sealing,
cement,

grinding,
clay, etc

handling

of

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Code No.
of Hazard

Protection

Against

Hazard

Tytpical Industrial

Operations

H-3

Splashes

from metals

Babbiting,
pouring of lead joints,
die
casting,
dipping
in
hot
metals, pouring of molten metals,
and foundry work

H-4

Splashes

of Iiquids

Handling of acids, alkalis and other

chemicals

H-5

Irritating
gases
vapours

and

H-6

Reflected
glare

and

H-7

Injurious
energy

H-8

light

Testing of lamps;
lathe work

metal

and

Oxy-acetylene
welding and cutting,
furnace work; electric arc welding; open hearth, bessemer and
crucible steel making

radiant

Noise

3. SELECTION

sheet

OF EQUIPMENT

FOR DIFFERENT

3.1 Different

HAZARDS

types of eye, face and ear protection

equipment
selected keeping in view the hazards they can protect against.
may be taken from the information
given below:
Recommended
Against Hazard
Code No. ( see 2.1 )

should be
Guidance

Code No.
of Equipment

Brief Description
of Equipment

E-l

Safety spectacles
with
shields,
safety
side
mounted
in
lenses
spectacle-type
frame

H- 1, -H-6
H-7

and

Spectacles may be
fitted with clear,
tinted,
blue
or
welding
filter
glass lenses

E-2

Cup-type goggles. Two

separate
cupped eye
pieces holding safety
lenses and connected
across the nose, and
provided
with headband or harness

H-l, H-3, H-6

and H-7

Goggles
may
be
fitted with clear,
tinted, blue
or
welding
filter
glass lenses

E-3

Goggles
a) With ventilation
1~) Without
ventilation

H-4
H-4 and H-5

Remarks

IS : 8520 - 1977
Code 7%.
of Equipment

Remarks

Recommended
Against Hazard,
Code No. ( see 2.1 )

Brief Description
of Equipment

E-4

Dust goggles

H-2

E-5

One piece eye protectors ( Monogoggles

)

H-l, H-2, H-3

H-4,
H-6
and H-7

E-6

Faceshields

H-l, H-3, H-4

H-6 and H-7

E-7

Wire

H-3

E-8

Ear protectors

mesh goggles

Should be capable
of being used over
prescription
glasses
-

--

H-8

APPENDIX
A
( Clause 0.3 )
INDIAN STANDARDS
PROTECTION

ON SAFETY EQUIPMENT
OF EYE, FACE AND EAR

1.

Ear protectors, measurement

at threshold, method of

2.

Equipment
for eye and
welding (jirst revision )

3.

Eye protectors,
tests

4.

Filters, protective,
operations

5.

Glass,

methods

of real-ear
face

attenuation

protection

during

of test for : Part I Routine

for welding,

safety ( second revision )

cutting

and similar

FOR

IS : 6229-1971
IS : 1179-1967
IS : 7524
(Part I )-1975
IS : 5983-1971
IS : 2553-1971

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c

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( Continuedfrom

page 2 )
RePresenting

Members
SHRI K. N. B~ATTACH~RYA
SKRI N. K. SARAN ( Alternate)
SHRI N. C. BRAHMA
SHRI A. DAS GUPTA
SHRI B. DAS GUPTA ( Alternate)
DR A. K. GH~SH

The

Safety First Association

Branch ), Jamshedpur

Indian
Chemical
Calcutta
Adigee Industries,
Central
Mining
Dhanbad

of

India

Manufacturers

( Bihar

Association,

Calcutta
Research

Station

( CSIR ),

SHRI P. R. ROY (Alternate)

SHI~I P. P. JAIN
Mines Service Corporation, Asansol
Ssnr A. P. AQ.&RWALA ( Alternate )
Indian Oxvgen Ltd, Calcutta
SKEI S. S. MAZUMDAI~
SHRI K. C. KARMAR~CAR( Alternate)
Chief Controllerate of Explosives, Nagpur
SHRI I. N. MURTY
SHRI CHARANJIT LAL ( Alternate )
National Physical Laboratory ( CSIR ), New Delhi
DR M. PANCKOLY
SHIU C. PEREIRA
Joseph Leslie & Co, Bombay
SHRIMATI C. LESLIE ROY ( Alternate )
Snnr S. G. RANADE
Directorate
General
of
Ordnance
Factories
( Ministry of Defence ), Calcutta
Safety Equipment Corporation, Bombay
SHRI GAUTAM V. SHAH
SHRI J. V. SHAH ( Alternate )
SHRI S. D. SHROFF
Pradeeu. Safetv Pvt Ltd, Bombav
SH~I LATHSAJNANI ( Alternate )
Synthetics and Chemicals Ltd, Bareilly
SHIU D. K. SIRKAR
SHRI A. C. SRIVASTAVA
Directorate General of Mines Safety, Dhanbad
SHRI R. L. ARORA (Alternate )
COL SUKH~EV SINGH
National Safetv Council, Bombav
SHRI N. RAGHAVAN ( Alternate )
Directorate General, Factory Advice Service and
SERI P.R. SUHENDRANATIIAN
Labour
Institutes
( Ministry of Labour ),
Bombay
SHRI K. C. GUPTA (Alternate)
SHRI FRANCIS LESLIE VAZ
Francis Leslie & Co, Bombay
SHRI HEATIICLIFF VAZ (Alternatej

INbIAN

STANbARbS

ON
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY PERSONAL PROTECTIVE

EQUIPMENT

IS :
583-1969

Ankle boots for general

1179-1967

Equipment

1910-1961

Self-contained

purposes

breathing

apparatus

1989-1973

Safety

2472-1969

Protective

2553-1977

Syfety

2573-1975

Leather

2745-19b9

Firemens

helmets

2925-1975

Industrial

safety helmets

3322-1965

PVC-coated

3521-1965

Linemens

3738-1975

Rubber

knee boots

3976-1975

Safety

rubber-canvas

4128-1967

Firemans

4501-1967

Aprons,

rubberized,

4770-1968

Rubber

gloves for electrical

( jrst r&ion )

during welding

for fire brigade

use

boots and shoes for mints and heavy metal industries

( second revision )

gaiters

glass ( second revision )

gauntlets

and mittens
(jrst

fabrics

(first revision )
boots for miners
acid and alkali

and safety
steel

5983-1971

Protective

filters for welding,

6153-1971

Protective

leather

6407-1971

Rubber

6519-1971

Code of practice

8521 ( Part I )-1977

rubber knee boots

cutting,

and similar

operations

clothing
use

for selection,

Industrial
lead-rubber

Wooden

resistant

toe caps for footwear

aprons for hospital

7692-1975

reuision )

purposes

Industrial

Functional

(Jrst

boots

Protective

7612-1974

clothing

safety belt and strap

leather

7524 ( Part I )-1975

(Jirst revision )

5852-1970

X-ray

r&ion

for foul weather

leather

6994 ( Part I )-1973

(jrsl

revision )

5557-1969

7352-1974

(first revision )

for eye and face protection

Methods

safety

protective

Industrial

8519-1977

Guide for selection

8520-1977

Guide for selection

protection

of safety footwear
and cotton gloves

aprons

of test for eye protectors

requirements
headform

care and repair

gloves: Part I Leather

: Part I Routine tests

for flame resistant

and heat resistant

suits

for testing of helmets

safety faceshields
of industrial
of industrial

: Part I With plastics visor

safety
safety

equipment
equipment

for body protection

for eye, face

and ear

INTERNATIONAL
Base

SYSTEM

OF UNITS

Unil

Symbol

( SI UNITS)

Units
Quantity

Length

metre

Mass

kilogram

kg

Time

second

Electric

current

Thermodynamic

ampere

kelvin

candela

cd

mole

mol

temperature
Luminous
Amount

intensity
of substance

Supplementary

Units

Quantity
Plane
Solid

angle
angle

Derived

Unil

Symbol

radian

rad

steradian

sr

Units
Unit

Symbol

Force

Quantity

newton

N =

Energy

joule

J =

Power

watt

W =

Flux

weber

Wb

1 Wb

Flux density

tesla

T =

Frequency

hertz

Hz

Hz =

Electric

siemens

S =

Pascal

Pa

Pa =

Pressure,

conductance
stress

Conversion

1 kg.1 m/s2
1 N.m
1 J/s
1 V.s
1 Wb/m2
1 c/s (s-1)
1 A/V
1 N/m2