vendredi 1 août 2014

The Importance Of Wearing Safety Glasses

By Annabelle Holman


Working on a construction site comes with so many hazards and thus the usage of protective gears are a must. One protection that can benefit the highly risky and almost insignificantly hazardous jobs are safety glasses. Even though an office job seems like a boring job, it has also proven to be risky too, for this reason some kind of protection is also important.

The use of protective glasses could have saved thousand of people from experiencing eye injuries. These glasses were developed to protect and protect the worker from harmful incidents. Workers who come into contact with different types of airborne particles in their workplace should always take this safety measure.

Hurtful elements can be small pieces of metals, dust, sparks, but not restricted to materials only. Some of hazardous elements are radiation and chemicals and even flying objects. Don't you think for a second that throwing a simple cleft a bit further can't go wrong. So be sure to put on your protective gear as soon as you step into your workplace and always put it down only in a safe environment.

These airborne particles, like concrete can cause scratching at the level of lenses or in worst case weakening of the outer layer of the eye and even cause punctures. These can lead to temporary or permanent blindness. Not only airborne elements can lead to lost eyesight, chemicals will always result in severe outcomes.

It is equally important to use the right kind of protection. A considerable amount of workplace injuries occurred solely because wrong or inadequate eye protection was used. Approximately 20% of eye injuries result in temporary or permanent blindness. This means that by simply putting on a spectacle with extra safety features you can save your sight.

The risks aren't new to workers, who are always educated on the dangers of their job and the necessary use of protective gears. Still, there are way too many cases where protection was taken lightly. If you are lucky you will never have an accident, but you don't have to take chances. It is better to take those safety measures from the start of your day until the end of it.

Nowadays there is literally no office existing without at least an individual spending long hours behind the computer. Since their introduction the negative effects of it were debated and still are. One of the focal points of the debate is the long term ramification of staring at screen for longer hours. This is why many people choose to wear glasses that use a special filter to reduce the light intensity.

Since different types of jobs requires various risk, protective gears were developed to suit every need. For example a welder has a certain type of mask, or better said a shield with integrated glasses. On the other hand, you can even purchase prescription protective glasses if you need one.

This article illustrated only a few areas where a spectacle with extra safety features can probably save you from a horrible accident and the effects it has on your life. There are far more instances where these protective items can prevent a misfortune from happening. Since your sight is too valuable to you, why not go for additional safety measures to keep it functioning as long as you can.




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