Protective eyewear is one of the easiest forms of safety in the workplace and also very commonly overlooked because it’s easier for employees to remember to put on a hardhat to protect their heads than put on a pair of protective goggles.
In the United States, over 2000 workers have some type of eye injury every single day that requires some form of medical treatment. This statistic is something that can be reversed if more companies make the effort to enforce safety in the workplace by investing in protective eyewear for every employee and making sure that employees wear their protective eyewear.
Who is at Risk for Eye Injury?
The majority of workplace eye injuries are from small particles like metal shivers, dust, wood chips or cement chip that are ejected by a workers hand tools or are blown into a workers eyes. Other common eye injuries that can result in a temporary or permanent loss of vision are splashes from chemicals, thermal burns and UV radiation burns.
Workplace Eye Injuries are Preventable
Every eye injury is serious and can result in partial or permanent loss of eyesight. To avoid this from occurring, every individual who works in a job where their eyes could be injured should wear some form of protective eye wear.
Protective eyewear is affordable and can save a company potentially tens of thousands of dollars in litigation from workplace injuries.
Independent contractors and self-employed individuals who work in jobs where their eyes are at risk for potential eye injuries should also invest in protective eyewear as well because a typical eye injury can easily result in one or more days off from work, lost wages and high medical expenses.
In this day and age it’s easy to buy protective eye wear online or at stores within most major cities. Many companies now produce a variety of protective eye wear styles that will look cool and be comfortable to wear at the same time.
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