Designation:F803−14AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardSpecificationforEyeProtectorsforSelectedSports1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF803;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoverseyeprotectors,designedforusebyplayersofracketsports,women’slacrosse,fieldhockey,basketball,baseball,andsoccerthatminimizeorsignificantlyreduceinjurytotheeyeandadnexaduetoimpactandpenetrationbyracket-sportracketsandballs,women’slacrosseandfieldhockeysticksandballs,baseballs,soccerballs,hands,elbows,andfingers.Protectiveeyewearoffersprotectiononlytotheeyesanddoesnotprotectotherpartsofthehead.1.2Protectorsaredividedintothreetypesdependingontheirdesigncharacteristics.1.3Thisspecificationappliestoeyeprotectorsforusebywearersofcorrectivelensesandalsobythoseplayerswhodonotrequireprescriptioneyewear.(Warning—PolycarbonateorTrivexspectaclelensesshouldbeusedifspectaclesarewornunderprotectiveeyewear.)1.4Inthisstandard,theuseofthewords“shall”or“must”indicatesamandatoryrequirement.Theword“should”indi-catesarecommendation.1.5Failureoftheproductoccurswhentheprotectorisunabletomeetthegeneral,mechanical,andoptical(ifappli-cable)requirementsofthestandard.1.6ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasthestandard.Thevaluesgiveninparenthesesareforinformationonly.MetricunitsofmeasurementinthisspecificationareinaccordancewiththeInternationalSystemofUnits(SI).Ifavalueformeasurementasgiveninthisspecificationisfollowedbyanequivalentvalueinotherunits,thefirststatedistoberegardedastherequirement.Agivenequivalentvaluemaybeapproximate.1.7Thefollowingprecautionarycaveatpertainsonlytothetestmethodsportions,Sections9–11,ofthisspecification:Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuseroft...
