| The human eye is the conduit through which | | | | protection sign outside of this work section would |
| perhaps the most important sense, the sense of | | | | go a long way towards preserving employee |
| sight, is harnessed and channelled. In fact, medical | | | | safety. One pair of safety goggles or a clear |
| science has indicated that the eyes are not | | | | mask later, and the hazard of blindness becomes |
| actually a separate organ, but extensions of the | | | | far reduced. |
| brain. This explains the vast wealth of information | | | | Another possible circumstance where eye |
| that is accessed through the optic nerves, versus | | | | protection would be highly recommended would |
| other forms of sensory data gathering. As such, | | | | be when one is working with welding equipment, |
| it is extremely important that one protect the | | | | the kind that showers sparks into the air, where |
| eyes from any source of potential damage to | | | | more than a few of these sparks may end up in |
| them, that may result in partial or total blindness. | | | | the eyes of the unwary employee. Welding |
| You will notice that even in the most casual of | | | | masks are thus the order of the day, and it goes |
| children's games that use projectiles of water or | | | | without saying that the welders themselves ought |
| foam, cautionary messages warning users not to | | | | to remember to wear them before going to |
| aim at a person's eyes are standard on the | | | | work, but this warning is also for the benefit of |
| packaging of the toys that they use. With more | | | | other people who may happen to be passing by |
| reason should such a warning be a staple of the | | | | the section to see what is going on. A pair of |
| industrial facility, with plenty of far greater | | | | safety goggles is all it takes to prevent what |
| hazards to seriously compromise a person's vision. | | | | could be a terrible accident from happening. |
| To address this need of employees in these | | | | There are also factories that work with wood and |
| locations to preserve their eyesight against such | | | | other materials, the manipulation of which causes |
| dangers, the use of an eye protection sign for | | | | dust and other debris to spread into the air in |
| appropriate sections is highly recommended. | | | | clouds that would cause severe irritation if they |
| There are many sources of eye damage that | | | | enter into an employee's eyes, if not blindness |
| you can run into in the average factory floor. One | | | | eventually from repeated exposure. An eye |
| would be where one has to handle corrosive | | | | protection sign outside of and around these places |
| liquids as part of the job. As careful as you may | | | | will prevent any untoward incidents from |
| try to be, and for the fact that most of the | | | | occurring. An eye protection sign is a vital tool of |
| heavy lifting may be via machine, there is always | | | | safety preservation in the modern industrial |
| the chance, however remote, that the liquid will | | | | facility, which conveys a simple but important |
| splash and some of it may enter a person's eyes. | | | | message for everyone who doesn't want to be |
| To prevent this from happening, an eye | | | | plunged into the dark by a factory accident. |