Global Head, Eye, and Face Protection Equipment Market Size, Share, Opportunities, COVID-19 Impact, And Trends By Type (Eye Protection, Face Protection, Head Protection), By End-User Industry (Mining, Oil and Gas, Construction, Chemical, Pharmaceuticals, Others), And By Geography - Forecasts From 2022 To 2027

The global head, eye, and face protection equipment market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.69% to reach US$4.260 billion by 2027, from US$2.890 billion in 2020.

The global head, eye, and face protection market is growing with the increase in industrialization across developing countries around the world. The demand is increasing as there is more need for manufacturing products to meet the requirements of the world. The increase in rules and regulations regarding workers' safety is also a driving factor. Governments are enacting stringent laws to protect workers from workplace mishaps and hazards. Companies have been asked to provide workers with full safety gear and equipment for their safety. The head, eyes, and face protect the worker from any kind of injuries that can happen at the workstation. The head, eye, and face protection equipment help in ensuring maximum safety and healthy working conditions. The protective equipment and gear are worn by employees, staff, or workers to protect and shield their heads, faces, and eyes from hazards like heat, chemicals, physical, electrical, airborne particulate matter, and biohazards. It is important to use this protective gear to save time and money on products or services.

The increased use of this equipment will lead to a safe and secure working environment for all. The worker is prone to witness additional stress and discomfort at the workplace, and it weakens their ability to carry out work with complete concentration and with maximum efficiency. The increasing occupational health and safety regulations pertaining to the safety of the workers at the workplace will further drive the market for head, eye, and face protection equipment.

The global head, eye, and face protection equipment market has been segmented on the basis of type, end-user industry, and geography. By type, the segmentation has been done as head protection, eye protection, and face protection. The market segmentation on the basis of the end-user industry has been done as mining, oil & gas, construction, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and others.

 For the worker's safety, head, eye, and face protection equipment is required.

Head protection equipment is required to safeguard the worker from any kind of head injury that could happen at the workplace. Due to human error, a thing or two may slip from a worker's grasp and land on his or her head while working on a construction site. To reduce or stop these kinds of injuries, it has been made compulsory almost at every construction site to wear a hard helmet to protect the head. This kind of measure helps in reducing unwanted injuries and provides a safe working environment for workers. The eye protection gear is required to protect the eyes from contacting any kind of airborne material that may cause damage to the retina.

Wearing protective glasses is required in industries such as manufacturing, chemical, oil and gas, and construction to avoid fatal injuries that could result in vision loss. For example, workers who do welding do wear eye protection equipment to protect them from the strong light that is caused by welding, as it can damage the eyes if viewed directly. The increased use of face protection equipment is helping workers to cover their full face at work. This helps in saving them from causing injuries to the eye, nose, and face.

Protection equipment is used in different industries.

According to the National Safety Council, USA, fatal work injuries reached 5147 in 2017. That is 14 people injured a day. Preventable work deaths increased from 4,398 in 2016 to 4,141 in 2017. These numbers show the need for protective equipment in the workplace to save the lives of workers. There is numerous industry that requires workers to perform work under hazardous conditions. This needs to be monitored for the safety of workers. Many industries like mining, construction, chemical, and many more require workers to wear protective equipment for their safety. In industries where strong equipment is used, which can be life-threatening if not properly handled, then there should be extra efforts to be made to provide workers safety. The increase in industrialization across the world is growing industries at a robust speed. This increase in industries around the world will require protection equipment in a huge number of industries for the safety of workers. This will increase the demand for head, eye, and face protection equipment in the market.

By geography, North America has a notable share of the market

Regionally, the global head, eye, and face protection equipment market is classified into North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Due to high awareness among people about safety measures to be taken in the workplace, North America is expected to have a notable market share in the head, eye, and face protection equipment market. The higher and early adoption of safety measures in the region provides workers with a safe working environment.

The Asia-Pacific region is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the head, eye, and face protection equipment market. It is due to an increasing number of manufacturing facilities across various end-user industries like energy and power, construction, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Rise in stringent rules and regulations regarding the safety of workers at the workplace. The growing industrialization in the Asia Pacific region is expected to increase the demand for head, eye, and face protection equipment in the region.

Key Developments in the Market

• In September 2021, Sciton Inc launched BBLINK, its highly anticipated product release. The innovative smart glasses are designed to physically blink instead of wearers to minimize stressful light flashes, offering a pleasant experience to its consumers. The proprietary technology integrated into the glasses is directly connected to Sciton BBL systems, which commands in advance to close before the light flash, enabling the users to see everything but flash.
• In May 2020, Sweden-based MIPS, a headgear manufacturer for protection, partnered with a Construction Manager to launch a head protection gear. Through this partnership, the former aims to integrate its brain protection system into the hard hats to minimize the impact caused by rotational motion from falling objects for the workers at the construction site.

COVID-19 Impact on Head, Eye, and Face Protection Equipment Market:

COVID-19 had a negative impact on the global head, eye, and face protection market. The surge in active cases mandated lockdown, and border restrictions negatively impacted the operation and supply chain of several end-user industries of the market, including construction, chemical, oil & gas, and mining, among a few others. Due to the uncertainty and severity of the pandemic, several construction and mining projects were halted and slowed down. Furthermore, according to OECD, the oil-exporting developing countries were hit particularly hard by the combined effects of the outbreak and the oil price shock at a time, collapsing the fossil fuel industry's structural collapse. Similar factors have reduced the demand for fall protection supplies.

Global Head, Eye, and Face Protection Equipment Market Scope:

Segmentation

• By Type
  • Eye Protection
  • Face Protection
  • Head Protection
• By End-User Industry
  • Mining
  • Oil and Gas
  • Construction
  • Chemical
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Others
• By Geography
  • North America
    • USA
    • Canada
    • Mexico
  • South America
    • Brazil
    • Argentina
    • Others
  • Europe
    • Germany
    • France
    • United Kingdom
    • Spain
    • Italy
    • Others
  • Middle East and Africa
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Israel
    • UAE
    • Others
  • Asia Pacific
    • China
    • Japan
    • South Korea
    • India
    • Indonesia
    • Thailand
    • Others

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