An online employer portal
Employees order from a phone or computer on a portal built for your company. No kiosk or on-site visit is required. This is how CHAOSRXOptics programs run, and it suits crews spread across sites, shifts and states.
For safety, HR and operations teams
How to get prescription safety glasses for your employees.
Set up an employer program. The company approves a list of ANSI Z87.1 frames and decides what it pays for. Each employee orders online with a current prescription from their own eye doctor. The pair ships to their home or job site, and the company gets one monthly invoice or pays at checkout. CHAOSRXOptics has run employer programs like this since 2017.
Prescription and non-prescription. No separate program fee. A program quote in one business day.
The short answer
What are the steps?
Five decisions, most of them made once. After that, employees order for themselves and your team reviews an invoice.
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Count who needs a pair
Start from your hazard assessment (29 CFR 1910.132(d)), not your total headcount. Count the people who work where eye protection is required, then find out how many of them wear prescription lenses.
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Approve the frames and the coverage
Choose frames that meet ANSI Z87.1, the standard OSHA references in 29 CFR 1910.133. Set the company contribution, the lens options you cover, whether employees can pay for upgrades, and how often someone can order a replacement.
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Give employees one place to order
Employees see the approved choices in a company portal, from a phone or computer, with virtual sizing for supported frames and prescription upload. They can use a current prescription from any eye doctor. Portals run in English and Spanish.
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Choose shipping and billing
We process prescription orders and ship to the employee’s home or to an office, shop or job site, as the employer chooses. The employer picks the billing: one monthly invoice to the company, with Net terms available, or payment at checkout as each order is placed.
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Keep it running
Add new hires as they start, so a first pair is part of their first weeks. Agree reporting for participation, orders, company spend and locations. Scott Givaudan stays your contact for fit questions, replacements and program changes.
For employers
Tell us who you outfit.
Send your name, company and work email. Scott Givaudan replies within the hour on business days, and the next business morning after hours. No employee medical information needed.
Prefer to talk? Call 1-888-605-5744.
Your options
What are the ways a company can provide them?
There are four common ones. They differ in where the employee goes to order and how much your team has to administer.
An eye care provider network
Employees are fitted and order through participating eye care offices. SafeVision by HOYA lists an eye care provider panel, employee portals and eligibility management on its corporate programs page. How we compare ↗
On-site kiosks and fitting events
A provider brings ordering to your location. Eyelation’s website describes ordering through an online marketplace and at on-site kiosks placed at participating company locations. How we compare ↗
A vision-plan benefit or reimbursement
Employees use a safety eyewear benefit tied to a vision plan, or buy a pair and submit the receipt. VSP’s ProTec notice describes a covered frame from its collection or an allowance toward another ANSI-rated safety frame. How we compare ↗ Allowance and reimbursement ↗
Who pays under OSHA
Does the employer have to pay?
- The rule: employers provide the protective equipment a job needs at no cost to employees (29 CFR 1910.132(h)(1)).
- The exception: employers are not required to pay for non-specialty prescription safety eyewear when they let employees wear it off the job site (29 CFR 1910.132(h)(2)). If the eyewear must stay at work, or is specialty eyewear, the employer pays.
- The guide: Who pays for prescription safety glasses under OSHA.
Employer programs since 2017.
Read the published research ↗- Orders managed
- 16,200+
- Technicians outfitted
- 11,300+
- Locations shipped
- 1,300+
- Prescriptions filled
- 8,100+
Historical results from our national tire retailer program, September 2017 to October 2026. The published study covers 14,521 earlier orders.
ProAmpac is also a CHAOSRXOptics program client. These totals are not ProAmpac results.
Before you set one up
Questions employers ask first.
Do employers have to pay for prescription safety glasses?
OSHA requires employers to provide the protective equipment a job needs at no cost to employees (29 CFR 1910.132(h)(1)). The rule has an exception for non-specialty prescription safety eyewear that the employer lets employees wear off the job site (29 CFR 1910.132(h)(2)). If the eyewear has to stay at work, or is specialty eyewear, the employer pays. Our guide on who pays covers the details.
Can employees use a prescription from their own eye doctor?
Yes. Employees can use a current prescription from any eye doctor. We coordinate any additional measurements needed for their lenses.
How do we know the glasses meet the standard?
Select the complete eye-protection assembly for the task identified in the hazard assessment. For prescription safety spectacles, look for the manufacturer’s mark and Z87-2 on the frame front and temples, with Z87-2+ identifying an impact-rated prescription frame. Impact-rated prescription lenses carry the lens manufacturer’s mark and a + symbol. Confirm that the frame, lenses and any required side protection form a compliant assembly; a frame or lens marking alone does not establish suitability for every hazard. OSHA does not approve products.
What does a program cost?
Program pricing is quoted per employer for the approved frame and lens packages, side protection and any lens options you choose to cover. CHAOSRXOptics charges no separate program fee. The program cost page has a worksheet for budgeting a year with your own numbers.
How is it billed, and where do orders ship?
The employer chooses how it pays: one monthly invoice to the company, with Net terms available, or payment at checkout as each order is placed. Orders ship to the employee’s home or to an office, shop or job site, as the employer chooses.
We only need a few pairs. Can a small company do this?
Yes. You can buy as needed with no upfront inventory and no minimum commitment to start.
What about employees who do not wear prescription lenses?
The same portal carries prescription and non-prescription ANSI Z87.1 safety eyewear, so one approved list covers the whole crew.
How fast can we get a quote?
You can get a program quote in one business day. Send your locations, approximate headcount and, if you know it, the share of employees who wear prescription lenses.