DIN EN ISO 16321-1:2026-06

This document specifies general requirements for eye and face protectors. These protectors are intended to provide protection for the eyes and faces of persons against one or more common occupational hazards such as impacts from flying particles and fragments, optical radiation, dusts, splashing liquids, molten metals, heat, flame, hot solids, harmful gases, vapours and aerosols. This document also applies to those products of eye and face protection used for occupational-type tasks but not performed as part of an occupation, such as "do-it-yourself". This document does not apply to: - protectors specifically intended for protection against only solar radiation and used in non-occupational environments for which the ISO 12312 series applies; - protectors for medically prescribed applications (not occupational), for example eye protection for severe dry eye, tints prescribed for medical conditions; - patient eye protectors during diagnosis or treatment (for example, ISO/DTR 22463); - protectors for use during medical or aesthetic applications, such as intense light sources (ILS) for which the ISO 12609 series applies; - protectors specifically intended for sports for which the ISO 18527 series applies; - laser protectors for which the ISO 19818 applies; - face protectors intended for live-working to protect against short-circuit electric arcs for which IEC 62819 applies; - protectors intended to protect against ionizing radiation, such as X-rays, for which IEC 61331-3 applies. This document has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 94/SC 6 "Eye and face protection" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 85 "Eye protective equipment", the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR (France); NA 027-01-01 AA "Augenschutz" ("Eye protective equipment") is responsible for national standardization.