Face protection
Why a Face Shield Goes Over Safety Glasses, Never Instead
A face shield stops splash and spray, not the chip that hits your eye. Wear it over glasses, then choose the window for the job.
Safety notes
Safety notes: lenses, shields and stations
Which shade your welder needs, why a face shield goes over glasses, how long a chemical splash needs to be flushed, and what the NRR on a box of earplugs really tells you.
Welding
Passive or Auto-Darkening Welding Helmet: How to Choose
Fixed plate or auto-darkening filter, lift front or fixed front: how to choose a welding helmet and the shade your process and current call for.
Chemical splash
Chemical Splash Goggles and the Eyewash Plan Behind Them
Which goggle venting keeps liquid out, when a face shield goes over it, and the 15 minute, 10 second eyewash figures to plan around.
Hearing
Reading the NRR on Ear Plugs and Ear Muffs
What the Noise Reduction Rating on the box measures, why fit decides how much of it you get, and how OSHA's Appendix B uses it.
Before the next shift
Pick the hazard, then the part
Every shield, window, lens, goggle and station in the Sellstrom lineup is one click from here, and you pick the exact part number on the next page.
Start with what can reach your eyes, your face or your ears, then pick the part for the gear you already own.