| The most common form of eye protection is | | | | preventive maintenance program helps too. |
| safety glasses. I have always hated wearing | | | | If chemical exposure is a problem look into using |
| safety glasses myself. I notice that people who | | | | alternate chemical that are not eye irritants. |
| have well fitted prescription safety glasses tend | | | | Safety glasses actually provide very little |
| to wear theirs without compliant. I think that is | | | | protection to chemical splashes. If you are trying |
| because they can see better with their glasses on | | | | to protect employees from chemical hazards, |
| than with them off. I am the opposite however. I | | | | fitted goggles or face shields are much more |
| can see better without my safety glasses so I | | | | effective. |
| hate wearing them. | | | | Of course eye wash stations cannot be |
| So how do you protect the eyes of people like | | | | overlooked in any situation where eye irritants are |
| me who are going to avoid wearing their safety | | | | in the workplace. Eyewash station must be easily |
| glasses if they can get away with it? | | | | accessible and never allowed to be blocked. Be |
| First you can work to eliminate the hazards. Why | | | | sure you can access the eye wash station with |
| do you allow things that could potentially damage | | | | your eyes closed as a potential user will likely not |
| someone's eye to be flying around in the first | | | | be able to see. |
| place. Look to engineering solutions to change | | | | Keep your eye wash station clean and flush them |
| your process so that potential hazards are | | | | regularly. Water pipes that feed them may rust |
| eliminated. | | | | or corrode due to infrequent water flow, so |
| Also look at your work procedures. Is there | | | | make sure that the water source is clean and |
| another way of doing this tasks that eliminates | | | | possibly filtered is debris in the water is a problem. |
| the exposure to potential eye injury? | | | | Inspect and flush all your eye wash stations at |
| If the source of the danger cannot be eliminated, | | | | least monthly. |
| look into ways to effectively guard the exposure. | | | | Another was to help people like me who hate to |
| There are many ways to create see through | | | | wear safety glasses is to provide plenty of eye |
| guards and covers that would protect the | | | | glass cleaning stations equipped with effective eye |
| employees for flying particles. The usual problem | | | | glass cleaning supplies. I have found I can tolerate |
| with these is that they get obscured with dirt and | | | | clean glasses much better that smudged ones. |
| scratches and the vision through the guard is | | | | Eyesight is a precious resource and needs to be |
| reduced until it becomes ineffective. | | | | preserved with great care. Ensure that you have |
| Using modern materials and self cleaning systems, | | | | done all that you can do to help your employees |
| vision through the guards can be maintained. You | | | | see clearly. |
| just have to use some creativity. A good strong | | | | |