A system and an apparatus for an employer to provide safety prescription eyewear to employees is described. The steps of the preferred embodiment comprise providing a kiosk at or near a place of employment, allowing employees to access the kiosk virtually to try on various models of frames and to submit prescription information, and causing the prescription safety eyewear to be manufactured and shipped. Employee benefits are handled at the kiosk as are all options available relating to, for examples, the selected frame, the prescription lenses, and the method of shipping. Payments in excess of the benefit are accounted for by payment at the kiosk or by payroll deduction.