PSA-safety glasses

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PSA-wear safety glasses when working around power tools. I am pretty experienced but rarely wear safety glasses. Today I was cutting a small piece of trek decking on my table saw and it kicked back and hit me in the corner of my eye. Almost knocked me down. Couldn't see out of my right eye for a few minutes. It was weird. I could see but it was like a small tunnel and all black around it. Didn't bleed much and don't need stiches. Luckily I have new skin in my bowling bag...lol.
 
Yep, have to be very carful with the eyes, LONNG time ago in my nuclear component welder days, I’m guessing I was 20-21 I was grinding out inclusions in prep for another pass with the TIG, face shield but no glasses, piece the size of a grain of sand bounced off the inside of the shield and imbedded in my eye. Felt like sand, wasn’t until 2-3 day later it started to rust and that’s how the Doc found it. Ground it out of my eye with a very small grinder, looked like a dental instrument. Healed up quick though as I’m told eyes do.

Moral, ever since then I am a stickler on eye PPE, yard work requires my terminator style tinted safeties and the Queen wears special “impact resistant” sunglasses with her script in them. You think having a twin engine boat is expensive? :cool:
But well worth it.
 
Man I HATE safety glasses, they are required Ppe ant my company, but they give me a headache and rarely wear them. I have been fortunate in my 33 years with this company I have never had anything happen, but you guys make me think it’s just a matter of time.
 
Yep, wear the glasses. I hate the rusted metal in the eyes. I couldn’t drive for a week after they dug it out because the patch on one eye gave no depth perception. I’ve had my share of iron in other places too. Fortunately (or maybe unfortunately) over the years as they have cut out the skin cancer, I have asked them to dig out the metal chunks that were near by. This little dark spot on my hand is the last piece of metal that a doctor hasn’t installed that I have. It’s been there 50 years. Young and dumb I just put a band aid on it the day it happened and forgot about it.
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In 7th grade our shop teacher showed us a safety video. Don’t think they would be that graphic nowadays but it was enough to make me wear safety glasses with just about every use of a power tool for the rest of my life. In high school science teacher described how your hearing gets damaged and never heals. Changed the way I used my Sony Walkman after that. Also use ear protection when using rotary polisher on the boat.
 
Espos4 said:
The wire wheel gets a lot of use at work. We have a saying….. there’s better ways to enjoy sick leave than being blind!
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I banned wire wheels years ago at the company….. there is no reason for them….. doctor friend told me how many patients his hospital sees from bbq wire brushes from the wire breaking off and get stuck in food then swallowed…… No wire !!
 
Funny thing is my son has a degree in Safety Management and works for a large construction company that builds bridges, etc. He came over and dropped off a few pairs of brand new safety glasses today...lol. He has boxes of them in his work truck that he hands out to employees.
Feeling better now. Still sore spot about the size of a golf ball but the bleeding stopped and no stitches needed
 
firecadet613 said:
All my sunglasses are rated safety glasses, so I always have a set around. You only have one set of eyes...I'd rather not leave them to chance!
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I have 3 pairs of Oakley sunglasses but not wearing them around saws...lol
 
Safety glasses are bare minimum protection. Face shields or goggles should be used also depending on what your doing.

Some of you were wearing a face shield to protect against Covid...why not to protect against flying debris.;)
 
Had a boilermaker that would come to the Power Plant that had a leather patch over his eye. But he wore it on either eye so I ask him about it. He said when he was young and dumb he was using a rotatory 6" grinder the kind that has a wheel like a bench grinder AKA Widow Maker. He said there was no reason not to have a impact face shield on but he didn't. The wheel shattered took a shot to his eye and now he can't focus when he sees out of both eyes when he works close up.
 
When I worked in corporate manufacturing we had all kinds of Debree in the eye incidences then you would think with everyone wearing safety glasses…. We tried full face shields but the guys would cheat. In the end we had to stop certain processes …. Safety glasses are still a good idea….just not fool proof
 
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