You can put dress lenses into a safety frame.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Sometimes
• D. Only with certain frames

Answer: (B)

Safety eyewear works as a protective system where both the lens and the frame are designed to meet impact standards. A lens used in safety eyewear must be a safety lens—tested and certified to resist high-velocity impacts. Dress lenses are regular prescription lenses without that safety certification, so they may not meet the required impact resistance. Placing a dress lens into a safety frame means the protective guarantee isn’t valid, because the lens may crack or shatter and the combination hasn’t been validated by safety standards. For true protection, use safety lenses in safety frames; the certified lens-frame pair is what provides the intended protection.