ERB Safety O.N.E. Live Free Camo Safety Glasses

The ERB Safety O.N.E. Live Free glasses are camo safety glasses that give you light, comfortable eye protection for climbing, chipping and dragging brush. They are cheap enough to keep a few pairs in the truck so nobody works without them.

Why eye protection matters on every job

Sawdust, bark flakes, twigs and chipper spit are constant on a tree job. One bad hit can take you out of work for weeks. Safety glasses are the simplest piece of protective gear there is, and they only work if they are on your face.

That is where inexpensive, comfortable glasses earn their place. If they are light and do not fog or pinch, people keep wearing them all day.

Chipper work deserves special mention. Chips and twigs kick back out of the infeed with real force, and a stray piece can hit you from an angle you do not expect. Wraparound glasses give better side coverage than flat lenses for that reason.

Grinding stumps and running a blower kick up the same kind of debris, and glasses are the minimum for both.

What the O.N.E. Live Free brings

ERB safety glasses are a common choice for crews that buy in bulk. The O.N.E. Live Free has a wraparound shape for side coverage and a camo frame that a lot of people simply like. It is light enough to wear under a helmet visor and slim enough to sit under earmuff cushions without breaking the seal badly.

Check the frame and lens markings for the impact rating before you rely on them for saw work, and choose a lens tint suited to the light. A dark lens is fine in full sun but a bad idea under a heavy canopy or at dusk.

Keep a box of spares in the truck. Glasses get lost, sat on and scratched, and a spare on hand means nobody has an excuse to work without them. A cord or retainer helps keep them on your neck when you push them up between cuts.

Glasses and visors together

Mesh helmet visors like the Kask Zenith visor stop larger chips but let fine dust through. Many climbers wear safety glasses under a mesh visor for that reason. On the ground, around the chipper and when grinding stumps, glasses plus a face shield is the safer combination.

Follow your employer's PPE policy and the ANSI Z133 requirements for eye and face protection for the task.

If you wear prescription glasses, look at over-the-glasses safety frames or prescription safety lenses instead of trying to stack two pairs.

Care and replacement

Rinse grit off before wiping the lens, or you will scratch it. Store them in a pouch or case rather than loose in the truck. Replace any pair with deep scratches, cracks or a loose frame. At this price there is no reason to work through a scuffed lens.

If fogging is a problem, look for an anti-fog lens or an anti-fog treatment. Glasses that fog get pushed up and left there, which defeats the purpose.