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Eye Safety

Eye Safety. You don’t have the looks or a parrot to pull of the one eyed pirate look. Why protect my eyes?. Eye pain is severe and can affect the rest of your life. What would you do if suddenly you could not see? How would vision loss change your life from this point forward?.

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Eye Safety

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  1. Eye Safety You don’t have the looks or a parrot to pull of the one eyed pirate look

  2. Why protect my eyes? • Eye pain is severe and can affect the rest of your life. • What would you do if suddenly you could not see? • How would vision loss change your life from this point forward?

  3. How do eye injuries occur?

  4. Types of eye injuries: Arc Burn

  5. Protection from arc burn • Welding curtain • Cutting goggles • Proper welding helmet with 10-15 shade appropriate for amperage rating • Do not look at the arc • Have a call system in the lab before striking an arc.

  6. Chemical injury

  7. Preventing chemical burns • Safety goggles in combination with a full face shield. • Wear proper gloves and wash hands before contacting eyes or other mucus membranes

  8. Infection transfer

  9. Infection prevention • Wash hands after visiting restroom, contact with animals/livestock, working in soil or with anything from the lab. • Don’t poot on someone elses pillow (pink eye)

  10. Foreign material • Most common:Dust, metal, wood chips • Other: nails, staples, wire, other objects launched by striking

  11. Tools Of Prevention • Safety shields • Safety hoods

  12. Tools of prevention • Safety goggles • Safety glasses • http://www.elvex.com/Ballistic-testing-of-safety-glasses.htm all about eye protection

  13. PROPER PPE • http://wisha-training.lni.wa.gov/training/videos/EyeProtection/EyeSafety_Broadband.wmv • ANSI Z87 stamping with side shields

  14. Now go out and be safe. I want you to come back and see me next time

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