Remember your PPE

[PCustoms]

I didn't, and likely got off easy.

Woke up around 2am today with some eye pain and something clearly rolling around under my eyelid. Tried flushing it out 2 or 3 times, no luck. Couldn't see anything in there either. Finally fell back asleep.

Woke up still irritated, again flushing did nothing. Went to work and eye/sinus was watering like crazy all morning. 2 bennedryl resolved that but could still feel something in there and left for urgent care.

Some numbing drops, contrast dye and what I'm sure is a $$$ eye exam later and they were able to pull a pink sliver of something out that was way up under my lid.


My best guess is an errant piece of sawdust rolled around enough to pick up some blood. Otherwise it is who knows what from Friday and just finally started bothering me last night.

Will be getting a few more fresh pairs of glasses on my next trip to a store. Got to get in that habit, this was a good wake up.

The Dr asked me about my welding and described how he has to remove metal dust...

 

[WinMod21]

The first thing I thought of when I read 'pink'...was to wonder if you somehow got a little shard of insulation in your eye.

 

[Badgerstate]

I didn't, and likely got off easy.

Woke up around 2am today with some eye pain and something clearly rolling around under my eyelid. Tried flushing it out 2 or 3 times, no luck. Couldn't see anything in there either. Finally fell back asleep.

Woke up still irritated, again flushing did nothing. Went to work and eye/sinus was watering like crazy all morning. 2 bennedryl resolved that but could still feel something in there and left for urgent care.

Some numbing drops, contrast dye and what I'm sure is a $$$ eye exam later and they were able to pull a pink sliver of something out that was way up under my lid.


My best guess is an errant piece of sawdust rolled around enough to pick up some blood. Otherwise it is who knows what from Friday and just finally started bothering me last night.

Will be getting a few more fresh pairs of glasses on my next trip to a store. Got to get in that habit, this was a good wake up.

The Dr asked me about my welding and described how he has to remove metal dust...

Amen. I work in automotive manufacturing and work in an underbody area where the cars are suspended overhead and I often have to shoot bolts into the bottom of cars.
Anyways, a couple years ago, I got a sliver of metal in my eye and didnt realize it until I got home. Long story short, I dont recommend it. Getting a piece of metal drilled out of your eye honestly isnt as bad as it sounds but its still not fun.

 

[M6erfan]

Great reminder. I was power washing the deck around our pool a couple weekends ago and a tiny chip of stone got in my eye (wasn't wearing eye protection). Luckily I was able to flush it out.

 

[mobiledynamics]

Kinda crazy when I think about the things I did when young. Like doing some remodeling, grinding concrete. Zero PPE.......all that dust, etc

 

[Neggy]

I have my eyes drilled a number of times, and each time I was wearing at least 1 pair of Z87 rated safety glasses with side shields and in other cases I had goggles or face shields over the safety glasses....

when metal starts rusting in your eye you find out what discomfort really is

 

[Ton ton]

Thank you for the reminder.

 

[CJM8515]

i dont often wear it, but when i do wear eye protection its almost always when there is a chance some item could hit me in the face. be it weedwacking, grinding metal, cutting wood/metal, etc. ive had debris hit me in the face, but the eye pro made sure my eyes were good.

i once had a piece of dirt in my eye after i went atv riding, whole drive home i couldnt get it out. finally got home and flushed it super well and thank god it came out. it was very irritating.

 

[xlowxyotax88x]

About 10 years ago I was cleaning up a quarter panel to install and was cleaning the edges on the car up, a piece of the braze at the trunk gutter went around my glasses and got embedded into the underside of my eyelid. Everytime I blinked it scratched it, it was awful.

 

[PCustoms]

Everytime I blinked it scratched it, it was awful.

Yep, that was my issue.

Thinking about more, I used some red abrasive mesh on the DA yesterday...


We’ve all chances it, most times we get lucky. I've been learning not to ignore that little voice that says to put the glasses on before the next cut. I ignored it yesterday.

$12 for a new pair of 3M glasses this afternoon.

 

[DeeKay]

Even with safety glasses on, my contacts have blocked quite a bit of ****, mostly sparks and bits of metal.

 

[Jeepster04]

I see the neighbors wife weed eating all the time with no safety glasses, I dont get it. Maybe Im doing something wrong, but I can see stuff hitting my safety glasses constantly when I weed eat. Maybe Im trying to cut gravels, idk.

 

[eejack]

I have a constant baby crying in my right ear due to working near an excavating machine in my youth and neglecting to wear ear muffs.

Every morning we go through and reiterate the need for PPE - eye protection, ear protection and gloves - and I let the crew take whatever they might need for home use.

Glad you are okay PCustoms

 

[Bubba Fett]

I recently got some pretty severe burns to my hand that would have been prevented had I simply put my gloves back on.

 

[FuzzyTiger]

I personally hate wearing safety glasses. I find that random dirt and **** always lands on my face or bounces up into my eyes anyways so they make me even more likely to get stuff in my eyes.

... And this is why I got a full face shield/respirator. Seals around my face so nothing gets in. It might be a bit extreme but I find it more comfortable.

 

[Lucid Moments]

My everyday glasses are actually safety glasses. The splash protectors are removable and I have honestly never used them which isn't good, but if I am awake there is layer of safety glass between my eyes and the rest of the world. So I never have to make an effort to remember them. And if I am doing something particularly risky like grinding or cutting metal etc then I put on a full face shield.

 

[MarvinBerry]

I always put on the safety glasses... earplugs too. Even if it's just 2 quick cuts...

Especially if it's just a couple 3 quick cuts!!!!

Used to never wear goggles.

Remember 10 - 12 years ago it's only one cut... 3/4 ply... and watching in slow motion... a chunk making a beeline for my right eyeball. Elleo emergency room!!

After that and a plumbing incident? Also a trip to the ER?!

I'll take 2 extra minutes to find and fit glasses. And earplugs. Always!!!

 

[Stooge]

I'm pretty adamant about atleast wearing safety glasses, if not a face shield over them, when im doing any type of metal work or wood work. Though i've also had to get both of my eyes drilled and polished at different times when a metal sliver got in there and it started to heal over by the time i got to the doctors. They said they have heard alot of times that a piece of something will get stuck in the hair or eyebrows and can end up in your eye later and its not as apparent what happened, so i'll use the air gun sometimes to blow through my hair sometimes as a little precaution. I keep some good eyedrops in my car, tool box and and at home so i can flush my eyes out pretty immediately, and i learned from being in the eye surgeon's that a qtip and a steady hand can grab the offending piece of debris, and has saved me a few times.

 

[joel63]

Yep, that was my issue.

Thinking about more, I used some red abrasive mesh on the DA yesterday...


We’ve all chances it, most times we get lucky. I've been learning not to ignore that little voice that says to put the glasses on before the next cut. I ignored it yesterday.

$12 for a new pair of 3M glasses this afternoon.

You made a good investment with your $12.

 

[PapasDaLife]

I'll be honest, I almost didn't click on this topic based on the title. I immediately thought someone would be screaming "the sky is falling," but decided to anyway since it wasn't the nightly news. Lol

Glad I did, great reminder. I'll admit I'm not the best always putting on eye protection before something gets in my eye. But at 50 I'm really trying to be better at it.

 

[Maui]

I worked in the steel manufacturing industry as a senior metallurgist for over a decade. One standard test we would perform daily was a macroetch test on a disk of steel that was cut from a steel bloom that had been press forged or a hot rolled steel billet. It consisted of cooking the steel disks in a pan of concentrated boiling hydrochloric and nitric acid for about 10 to 20 minutes to etch the steel to reveal the underlying microstructure. The disks were then rinsed to neutralize the acid, and I would often examine them for what was referred to as pattern. I had to handle them with my hands, and up to this point I did not wear gloves. I just lightly rubbed the corner of my eye with my finger one morning as I was handling one of these disks because there was something that was there, and the behavior was just automatic. It instantly started to burn. The operator had not properly rinsed and neutralized the etching acid, and now I had it in my eye. And it was etching my eye. It hurt like hell. As it turns out there was no eye wash station in the lab where I was working. I immediately went over to the nurses station and explained what had happened and told her I need to rinse my eye. She did not have an eye wash station in her area either. I was shocked that even she couldn’t help me at all. So I had to look up someplace where I could go off site to get my eye taken care of, call them, and make an appointment. THREE HOURS LATER a doctor finally looked at my eye and said that he could see where the burn was, and that my body had successfully neutralized the acid. If it had been a basic burn it would have been a completely different outcome. So he gave me some sort of prescription for my injury and sent me on my way. I wore gloves routinely from that point forward while performing the macroetch ratings. And we got an eye wash statin installed in the lab shortly afterwards. Fortunately, my vision has been unaffected.

 

[DeeKay]

I worked in the steel manufacturing industry as a senior metallurgist for over a decade. One standard test we would perform daily was a macroetch test on a disk of steel that was cut from a steel bloom that had been press forged or a hot rolled steel billet. It consisted of cooking the steel disks in a pan of concentrated boiling hydrochloric and nitric acid for about 10 to 20 minutes to etch the steel to reveal the underlying microstructure. The disks were then rinsed to neutralize the acid, and I would often examine them for what was referred to as pattern. I had to handle them with my hands, and up to this point I did not wear gloves. I just lightly rubbed the corner of my eye with my finger one morning as I was handling one of these disks because there was something that was there, and the behavior was just automatic. It instantly started to burn. The operator had not properly rinsed and neutralized the etching acid, and now I had it in my eye. And it was etching my eye. It hurt like hell. As it turns out there was no eye wash station in the lab where I was working. I immediately went over to the nurses station and explained what had happened and told her I need to rinse my eye. She did not have an eye wash station in her area either. I was shocked that even she couldn’t help me at all. So I had to look up someplace where I could go off site to get my eye taken care of, call them, and make an appointment. THREE HOURS LATER a doctor finally looked at my eye and said that he could see where the burn was, and that my body had successfully neutralized the acid. If it had been a basic burn it would have been a completely different outcome. So he gave me some sort of prescription for my injury and sent me on my way. I wore gloves routinely from that point forward while performing the macroetch ratings. And we got an eye wash statin installed in the lab shortly afterwards. Fortunately, my vision has been unaffected.

Hopefully your employer paid for that trip to the doctor.

 

[Xcursion88]

Was in a vehicle accident years ago and head was rebuilt. Most of my face looks like the terminator.

I didn't lose my eyes but lost all vision in my left eye. (It's just a blurry mess now) Needless to say i wear fast metal sunglasses the moment i leave the house until dark time. Cutting grass or working on cars at my business all day I can't take anything for granted.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Even with safety glasses on, my contacts have blocked quite a bit of ****, mostly sparks and bits of metal.

Same thing here, I've ruined more than one contact when something got embedded in it.

 

[DeeKay]

Same thing here, I've ruined more than one contact when something got embedded in it.

Sometimes makes you wonder how much worse off you'd be with good vision haha

 

[Walkers]

I see the neighbors wife weed eating all the time with no safety glasses, I dont get it. Maybe Im doing something wrong, but I can see stuff hitting my safety glasses constantly when I weed eat. Maybe Im trying to cut gravels, idk.

You need to squint in order to protect your eyes, it both protects your eyes and makes it so you can’t see all the debris, so it is like double protection. You must be going in Willy Nilly and wide eyed.

 

[spike99250]

Matches, yes matches. The book kind are great for pulling things out of your eye (if the object is visible and not burned in)
Rip one out and the ripped end has fingers that work great.
If anyone asks what you are going to do with the match, tell em your gonna burn it out.
I just had mine drilled for the first time this year,(small piece of rust) never knew it happened and was healed over until it started bothering me.

 

[Old Steamer]

My grandfather had a poster in his shop. It asked "Which dog would you rather follow?" It showed a a hunter following a bird dog and a blind person with their guide dog.

Good enough argument for safety glasses for me.