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Hi friends, sometime in May I wrote something, I tried to go back on the answers you gave to me, but the following day I have a ridiculous accident, I was stripping a AWG 8 and it slipped from my hand and BECAUSE I WAS NOT WEARING EYES PROTECTION it hit the retine in my right eye, I felt paint but after few minutes it pass. But it cause an occlusion and I am partially blind in that eye. Doctor are waiting to see it it will cure or if I need laser therapy. I am posting this comment because it is really stupid WORK WITHOUt EYES PROTECTION......PLEASE DO.
 
Eye protection is cheap, too. I get good 3M safety glasses at the hardware store for about $5.00. There's no excuse not to have them.

I was working on a basement finish the other day watching the carpenter frame in a wall while he was wearing no eye protection. As he hammered in a stud, a splinter of wood came shooting backward and hit me right in my safety glasses. I wear them whenever I'm working or around someone who is.
 
I need to get better about it. I wear when drilling, and that's about it. :(

My coworker had a similar incident to Louis', he was stripping out a three-gang with 14 AWG in it, and it sprung and poked him in the eye.

Anybody have a specific brand they like? The ones I tend to buy deflect direct hits, but every time I drill (it seems) I get stuff into my eyes that bounce off my cheeks. That makes them seem pointless, though I know they're not.
 
our company policy is hard hats and safety glasses 100% of the time. I think it is the best policy any company can take. The little discomfort of wearing PPE isn't enough to constitute a gashed head or going blind.

Gerry
 
Louis Duke

Thanks for your support....but what is the best eye protection in the market? One that won't scratch?...One that won't get your salty sweat running down the lents under a 110 degrees (Arizona heat)?....One that we can use with our prescription lents?...One that don't get foggy?....I have about 7 in my truck and neither one is easy to work with...I know this is an excuse for my stupidity, but really, can anyone recommend a very good one? I really appreciate that. Thank a lot
 
Louis Duke,

I am sorry to hear about your eye. I pray that everything will work out for you.
Unfortunately, I have had a few close calls myself. While installing a Caddy "Bang on" clip it shot off the beam and hit me on the cheek about a half inch from my eye. It left a gash. I thanked God it was not my eye. I try to make it a habit to wear them while cutting or drilling, especially above my head. My employer has a pet peeve regarding safety.
He recently instituted a policy for working around live Panels and Switchgear. We have a specialty crew that wears full fire rated Arc Protection suites. They look like the guys from ?Out Break?.


Justin J. Walecka
 
Not sure if regular classes are equal to safety classes but they have saved me often.I had laser correction and can see just fine without them except for very small print but i wear them all day while working.Accidents can and will happen .One of our men would likely be blind had his reading glasses not been on when a panel blew up.I was one of the 2 that were sent to do this 911 repair,i seen the pit marks in the lenses.Hope you will be ok.
 
Thanks for the reminder. I almost never wear unless the site we are on requires it. I realize I should.

I hope you heal well, and do not need the surgery.
 
Esthy said:
Thanks for your support....but what is the best eye protection in the market? One that won't scratch?...One that won't get your salty sweat running down the lents under a 110 degrees (Arizona heat)?....One that we can use with our prescription lents?...One that don't get foggy?....I have about 7 in my truck and neither one is easy to work with...I know this is an excuse for my stupidity, but really, can anyone recommend a very good one? I really appreciate that. Thank a lot
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Try a search of (uvex) uvex has all sorts of safty glasses and goggles.
 
The Company I work for has a safety glasses policy for the construction crews.

With that I have learned a few things.

Don't expect them to last long.

Buy plenty of 'wipes' and have them near.

Get frames with replaceable lenses and buy plenty of replacements, some clears and some darkened for work in the sun.

A nice touch is some strings so they are either on your face or around your neck.
 
We have a nationwide builder we deal with that has a safety man going around.He checks grounding prongs hard hats etc. If found in non compliance he throws you off the job for the day.When it hits the pockets of our guys they have no problem but to comply.Lose a days pay takes 3 to recoup 1 day for what is lost,1 to make it up and 1 just to get where you would have been if not so stuborn and would have used the ppe.
 
I used to wear contact lenses. I quit when I realized that they gave me an excuse to not wear safety glasses. Now I only own prescription safety glasses and I can't see 10 inches without them, so they are always on. I am only guilty of not remembering the clip-on side shields about 5% of the time.

Saved my bacon when a meter can exploded. I was standing about 5 feet away after re-attaching the can to the resicence, and had just removed my arc-flash helmet when the plastic insulator cracked and the terminal bar touched ground. There are small bits of molten steel embedded in that pair of glasses (glass lenses). Better there than my eyes.

It won't work for everyone, but it works for me. I do get a lot of sweat problems, but glass lenses can be cleaned with anything, mostly the t-shirt.

Mark
 
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