ASTM Int'l Develops Field Hockey Eye Protector Standard - ASTM WK15675
November 23, 2007 // Published as a news service by IHS
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Protecting the eyes of athletes is the purpose of ASTM F 803 - Specification for Eye Protectors for Selected Sports.
However, with an increasing number of sports requiring eye protection, ASTM International Subcommittee F08.57 on Eye Safety for Sports is developing individual standards covering eye protection for specific sports.
The subcommittee, which is part of Committee F08 on Sports Equipment and Facilities, is working on ASTM WK15675 - Specification for Eye Protectors for Field Hockey.
"This standard will guide eyewear manufacturers in the development of new eyewear for field hockey players and give consumers and national sports organizations the ability to use ASTM guideline-tested eye protection in the field and in the rule books," said Elizabeth Ryan, an optometrist and the ASTM WK15675 task group leader.
Ryan said that several severe injuries at the college field hockey level, including fractures of orbital bones and blunt trauma to the eye, are further driving the development of ASTM WK15675.
Eyewear manufacturers, testing laboratories, field hockey rules committees and governing bodies will be the primary users of the proposed standard, according to Ryan.
Source: ASTM International.