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Joined: Jul 2002
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From: Northshore, MN
hot chip down the back of yer shirt? yup. flash burn even with my eyes closed, sun burning my eyelids? yup. Brake cleaner in my eyes, yup. I work with brake cleaner (and grinders) everyday at work, and I'll tell ya, any open cut, and you sure know it. Glad you're ok.
Logistics Pro
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From: Moro Bay, AR
Been there, done that. It does not feel good. Always makes me feel like an idiot, should have learned from past experiences. I have made a few trips to the eye doc to have metal shavings removed, but the worst I can think of was when I got some pollen in my eyes by blowing out the cooling fins on a tree cutting machine. When I woke the next morning, the whites of my eyes had swollen and my eyelids almost wouldn't close over them. Trip to the doc and some meds, and I'm back at it again.
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Joined: May 2005
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From: Winder, GA
I slack on it too. My problem is always, i'm under a car/truck and something (dirt/grime) falls in my eye. Now, I wear contacts so it really sucks now, also your hands are filthy so you can't really go digging in your eye. I too have a pair or two of safety glasses laying around. Do I wear them? Of course not. Hope I dont go blind one day.
Fleet Mechanic
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From: peyton, colorado
Sometimes I feel like a dork wearing all my safety gear. Plastic face shield, ear muffs, and a paint resporator if I'm removing paint. But I learned a long time ago that it can happen to you, and in my case, it has. Glad to hear you're ok, I've had the same thing happen to me.
Roast em' if you got 'em
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From: Rio Rancho, NM
I've taken chances with it for years, even after becoming a safety guy (heck, I was even a compliance officer at OSHA for a few years) I must say I've been pretty lucky with it. What has turned me around and gotten me to wear my safety gear? having my kids help me in the shop. All it took was my son to ask me one time why he had to wear goggles when I didn't.
What an eye opener (no pun intended), now I do whats right and try to lead by example.
Bobby
What an eye opener (no pun intended), now I do whats right and try to lead by example.
Bobby
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From: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Originally Posted by bobbytnm
All it took was my son to ask me one time why he had to wear goggles when I didn't.
What an eye opener (no pun intended), now I do whats right and try to lead by example.
Bobby
What an eye opener (no pun intended), now I do whats right and try to lead by example.
Bobby
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Joined: Jul 2006
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From: Athens, GA, USA
I come from the bottling industry. Lots of glass, plastic, etc... moving very fast. Lots of broken glass. Safety glasses have always been mandantory for me. I feel naked working without them, which brings me to my own stupidity story. A few months ago while replacing the water heater in my house, I was soldering the copper piping together (you guessed it, no safety glasses) when a little residual water in the line caused the molten solder to pop out of a joint and directly into the center of my eye. Thank God I wear contact lenses. The lens in my left eye stopped the solder from actually hitting my cornea, although it melted the lens and left my eye a little blistered.
I cannot stress the importance of eye protection enough. Lesson learned. I never work without them anymore.
Glad to hear you are ok.
I cannot stress the importance of eye protection enough. Lesson learned. I never work without them anymore.
Glad to hear you are ok.
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dont forget the jewellry as well. wedding rings, watches etc. nearly ripped my ring finger off a few years back and watched an electrician friend of mine fry his arm as his watch completed a cuicuit between 2 12v batteries. nasty!
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From: Kingsford, MI
Originally Posted by F6Guy
........and put these giant contactlense looking things with tubes goingfrom them to a big bag of saline solution into my eyes 
. That really felt uncomfortable. then they took about 45 min flushing my eyes out with that stuff.
. That really felt uncomfortable. then they took about 45 min flushing my eyes out with that stuff.
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Joined: May 2004
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From: MN - NW of Twin Cities
I spent one Christmas with an eye patch after taking a steel particle to the eye, while grinding, and then having it scraped. The pain was tremendous and the fear of going blind was even worse. From then on I have used eye protection. I took another steel particle to the eye when it somehow it bounced past the safety glasses. Another time I had the car up on jack stands to change the oil. While it was draining I was underneath, without eye protection, looking around and dislodged some oil and or salt laiden particles. You guessed it. The particle lodged itself in my eye. That time I had it scraped at the ED one day and it didn't get any better. The next day I went to my Optometrist and she drilled out the missed particles. What I have learned is that anytime you are under a vehicle or sanding / grinding wear eye protection. The type of eye protection is also very important. It needs to provide protection from all sides not just from in front of you. Tight fitting glasses with side shields, goggles, full face shield or a combination is needed. Your eyesight is a valuable thing protect it.
Logistics Pro
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From: Moro Bay, AR
Originally Posted by Soldierboy
dont forget the jewellry as well. wedding rings, watches etc. nearly ripped my ring finger off a few years back and watched an electrician friend of mine fry his arm as his watch completed a cuicuit between 2 12v batteries. nasty!
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From: oh
Glad you are doing better-you need to see all these beautiful FORD trucks driving around!!!I had a product called DUJET--a caustic acid that we pr-washed machine-tools with before rebuilds---man-that crap was under pressure and blew in my face--If a certain guy would not have ran to me and thru his HOT COFFEE in my face--the acid would have melted my eyelids to my eyes!!!OUCH OUCH!!!wear safety shields!!I do
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morgans lenses? I thought that was kinda like beer goggles only instead of beer you drink to much rum and go home with a 300lb snaggle tooth bar bunny at 2:30 in the morning. I am not speaking from experiance 
Originally Posted by fiddysixF
They're called "Morgan lenses"............ Many, many moons ago I drove semi. I hauled lime and talc to the local paper mill. One afternoon the hopper underneath the trailer (used for blowing the lime into the silo's) blew up in my face, filling my eyes with lime. Good times, good times!