Safety Glasses!!!

Bill Radford · May 16, 2013

Last week a good friend of mine was severely injured when a spring broke on a disappearing staircase he was working on at his home.
The spring flew back and hit him directly in his left eye.
The local hospital sent him to Duke Medical Center here in NC (a nationally known eye center).
The doctors could not find the lens of his eye and it is 50/50 whether they will be able to save his sight in that eye.
Being the head of Maintenance and engineering at the hospital we work at, he always stressed safety to his maintenance guys, but like we all do, never thought something like this could happen to him at home.In just a second, his life was changed forever.
Please..... when you are grinding,using any type of impact instrument, yard equipment or any chemicals ...please wear eye protection.
I saw him a few days after the accident. I had to go to Lowes later that morning to get some lumber for a honey-do and I went by the tool department and got a pair of safety goggles. I will be using them from now on.

Steve in VA · May 16, 2013

Bill,
Excellent if unfortunate advice. My company provides safety glasses free of charge and in fact 2 pair if you wish. Since I wear perscription lenses free is always great. That said, 1 pair lives at work and the second at home for exactly the occasions you describe. Work gloves and hearing protection are treated the same way.

retired farmer · May 16, 2013

Hope he is alright.

Billy NY · May 16, 2013

Sorry to hear of this accident, very unfortunate and hope he heals up. I agree, its not something I skip either, airing up a tire, charging batteries, and a myriad of other tasks where there is a risk present. The worst thing I have done was not wear them while pulling nails with a claw hammer, that is a mistake from the start, they will come out quick and hit your face, eyes etc. everytime when the prying force overcomes the resistance. Often times they can be cumbersome, fog up, and can be a pain, but there is no substitute, wear em or deal with the results !

WV2CYL · May 16, 2013

I wear safety glasses as my precription glasses and every one needs them. Don"t be to hard on your friend for not wearing them. A sping that big would do untold damage either way, We all need to work safer!!!!!!!

Wile E · May 16, 2013

Almost sounds like a lawsuit brewing against that staircase company. I have one of those too in my house, for the attic storage. I hope your friend gets his sight back.

flembo · May 16, 2013

I have a friend who lost an eye when a bungy cord let go. I think of that every time I use one, I do wear prescription safety glasses but have still got things in my eyes.

Nancy Howell · May 16, 2013

A lady that I know had a bad accident with one of those disappearing attic stairways. The bolt holding one of the springs worked out and the spring came loose. It hit her in the head.

I don"t remember the extent of her injuries, but it put her in the hospital, more than a concussion.

Goose · May 16, 2013

One of my wife's brothers had one in his garage. It broke when he was right at the top of it. And he's not that physically big.

He was lucky to get off with a broken leg.

El Toro · May 16, 2013

The federal government was very strict on wearing safety glasses. They would furnish the glasses even prescription glasses. We also had face shields and goggles. We had to wear safety boots and they furnished those too. Hal

Sean Feeney · May 16, 2013

We had a young fellow Groundskeeper had same thing happen, i try not to use them

Dave Sherburne NY · May 16, 2013

Never had one of those at home but there is one over at the church. Guess it's time to do a saftey check on that one.

UncleTom · May 16, 2013

People take eye sight for granted, untill you have trouble. I use saftey glasses most of the time as i had a close call once.

ss55 · May 16, 2013

I'm sorry to hear about your friend's injury. I wish him a speedy recovery.

Some overhead garage door makers had troubles with their long extension springs breaking and flying around the room. They added a strand of aircraft cable through the center of the springs to keep them in place when they broke. I still wouldn't want to be next to one when it let loose though.

Our best to your friend.

tomtirediron · May 16, 2013

Had a good friend blinded in a car accident at 11-12 years old. .We spent a good portion of our time in college together. Extremely capable individual, but made an impression on me as to how hard it would be to have no sight. Very rare that I don't wear somthing. I've been wearing safety glasses as casual sun glasses for years. Wife says they look "ok" but I think she's lying.

Will Herring · May 16, 2013

I wear safety glasses ever since I managed to spray carb cleaner in my eye while working on an old carb about 10 years ago. I also wear steel toed boots quite often. Never can be too safe these days. Heck, almost pinched my fingers on the snap coupler on my tractor the other day and wondered how many people lost a finger or two on that kind of equipment. You just have to slow down, pay attention, and be careful. And even then, accidents happen, and you have to be able to handle it when they do.

Don-Wi · May 16, 2013

Couple weeks ago I was cutting chain at work with a hammer and chisel like I've done dozens of times before, and the link when it came off shot at me and wouldn't hit me square in the eye had it not been for the safety glasses I had on. I'm pretty good about wearing them, espescially at work and the farm.

Donovan from Wisconsin

Gambles · May 17, 2013

I'm usually pretty good at wearing them. Several years ago, I worked at a place that had a couple dozen propane forklifts. When they were brought to me to be worked on, they quite often had an empty tank, so I had to fill them. I always wore a full-face shield and luckily I did. One time I took the hose off the tank and it was pointed at my face at close range. The hose emptied itself of the high pressure liquid and hit the face shield. Had the shield not been there, it would have been my eyes.

Texasmark1 · May 17, 2013

I started wearing glasses at 40. Not too long after I was putting up siding on my house which was a manufactured siding using bark as the main ingredient; Mansfield brand I think.

I was using 6 penny nails and getting them through the outer skin of the siding was difficult. Before I finished the job, I hit one and it flew up and hit my glasses right in front of my left pupil. Would have been blind in that eye for sure.

Mark

W_B · May 17, 2013

(quoted from post at 00:56:31 05/17/13) I'm sorry to hear about your friend's injury. I wish him a speedy recovery.

Some overhead garage door makers had troubles with their long extension springs breaking and flying around the room. They added a strand of aircraft cable through the center of the springs to keep them in place when they broke. I still wouldn't want to be next to one when it let loose though.

Was working on mine and the hook on the end of the spring let go. Made a heck of a noise and dropped to the floor. the other end stayed hooked so it didn't go flying around. Luckily I wasn't under it, they are sort of heavy. The replacement has the cable strung through it!

All my prescription lenses are made of polycarbonate so haven't had any issues there. Hope your friend gets well!

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