Ryan What do the manufacturers operator instructions state should be used? I am assuming the key risk is splinters and small pieces of wood and possibly brick work being displaced and ejected at speed if chippies are erecting hoarding/ stud work etc rather than protection from nails being fired, otherwise we would have people moving around site in full body armour etc. So controls in their use eg exclusion zones behind face being worked on would seem relatively sensible to reduce shot by nail gun incidents. I have seen photos of nails in eyes which I imagine would be horrendous which may be where you get your thinking about impact resistant eye protection, however dont know the full story as to how the accidents happened to make a judgement as to whgeter they were wearing the correct eye protection if used as per instructions. I cant see the suppliers opting for less than what is specified, so if they have, refer them back to the manufacturers instructions and stand by your initial thoughts.

I usually find when coming across such a tool on site that the eye protection issued with the device is not of the required standard. My advice is always to wear the correct type of eye wear, the operators seem to listen.