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Can You See Me Now?

Protect your eyesight and prevent injuries with proper eye protection - safety glasses, goggles, face shields, and helmets meeting OSHA and ANSI standards. Learn about different types of eye protection and first-aid techniques for eye injuries. Stay safe at work and at home by wearing approved protective eyewear and practicing caution. Improve eye safety to avoid accidents and maintain healthy vision.

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Can You See Me Now?

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  1. Can You See Me Now? How to Protect Your Eyesight

  2. In Just a Blink of an Eye… An incident can injure or even blind a worker who is not wearing proper protective eyewear. The type of eye protection-safety glasses, goggles, face shields, or helmets must meet the requirements of the OSHA and ANSI guidelines of Z87. UV eye protection from the sun is also a must! Make sure there is UVA and UVB protection. Can you see me now?

  3. This could have been prevented… 70% of eye injuries come from a foreign object in the eye. 20% are from chemicals that were splashed into the eye. These incidents are preventable if eye protection was worn while work was being performed. Glasses are very inexpensive when compared to the loss of an eye. Can you see me now?

  4. Types of Eye Protection Can you see me now?

  5. Here are some good videos… Eye Injury Prevention Protecting your eyes Can you see me now?

  6. Basic first-aid techniques: Specks in the eye • Do not rub the eye • Flush the eye with a large amount of water • See a doctor if the speck does not wash out, or if pain or redness continues Cuts, punctures, or objects stuck in the eye • Do not wash out the eye • Do not try to remove an object stuck in the eye • See a doctor at once Can you see me now?

  7. Chemical burns • Flush the eye immediately with water and continue flushing for at least 15 minutes. For caustic or basic solutions, continue flushing while in route to the doctor. • Flush the eye even if it has a contact lens. Flushing over the lens may dislodge it. • See a doctor at once. Blows to the eye • Apply a cold compress without pressure. Tape a plastic bag containing crushed ice to the forehead and let it rest gently on the injured eye. • See a doctor at once in cases of continued pain, reduced vision, blood in the eye, or discoloration, which can mean internal eye damage. Can you see me now?

  8. Eye safety is no accident. Remember that eye protection doesn’t mean just at work, it also means at home, which is where 20% of the eye accidents occur. Nothing can replace the loss of an eye. Protect your eyesight from hazards by wearing and caring for appropriate, approved protective eyewear. You will see the difference! Can you see me now?

  9. Question 1 • Eye injuries can be greatly reduced by: • Using proper guards on machinery • Wearing proper eye gear for the job • Paying attention while performing the task • All of the above All of the above reasons greatly improve your odds of not injuring your eyes. Can you see me now?

  10. Question 2 • Flushing the injured eye with water will: • Make things look blurry • Make it feel better • Often clear the foreign material from the eye • Make your eye hurt more Water can gently flush out the small particles Can you see me now?

  11. Question 3 • Only use safety glasses that are stamped with Z87 • True • False True – Z87 stamped means that the eye protection is made of a material approved by OSHA and ANSI. Can you see me now?

  12. Thank you for your time and if you have additional questions please contact Safety at Retail Services; safety@waretailservices.com 360.943.9198 ext18 Can you see me now?

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