Saw a guy almost lose his eye today(nail gun). No safety glasses.For iwire, Joe and all the safety gurus, thanks for keeping us alert and aware of safety.
My uncle recently got a nail in his eye from a nail gun because he wasn't wearing safety glasses. He had to go to the emergency room. Just goes to show you, there's nothing more important than safety.
How thick can you get?!.
To use a tool, as dangerous as a nail-gun, without safety glasses on.
These tools have safety warnings on thier
bodies, for a reason.
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Some people need to walk around with warnings on their bodies...
After those pics I am glad that I pay about $100 extra for shatterproof, or so I am told, lenses in my glasses, all I have to do is put on the side shields and I think they are ANSI approved
Safety glasses are great for protection from projectiles--well, most of 'em...
http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil/photo/photo3.htm
We all need to be aware of safety and doublecheck for voltage,enforce LOTO,and wear PPEwhen required.
Read this man's story
Little Did I Know
I have been working with electricity for over 25 years. I have been shocked on numerous occasions by low voltage. I knew I would never get hit by big voltage. I was TOO EXPEERIENED- “Little Did I Know”
I have been working on this type of 4,160-volt switchgear for over 8 years. I knew the safety latch would not fail. It never had in the past. - “Little Did I Know”
The procedures I was working by were ok with me. I had did it this way before, and it was safe. - “Little Did I know”
My safety glasses with side-shields, and my nomex uniform I was wearing was a big inconvenience. Just something OSHA required. - “Little Did I Know”
I thought first aid and rescue teams were just a paper work requirement. It wouldn’t ever be used on me. - “Little Did I Know”
I had always heard at work that we were like one “big family” working together. I believed some felt that way and others didn’t. – “Little Did I Know”
I always felt that one day my wife would get the worst news about me. That’s just part of life. Besides, I wouldn’t be around to see her grieving. – “Little Did I Know”
A couple of days after coming home from the Burn Center, I was talking on the phone with my mother who lives in Florida. She is 82 years old and has Alzheimer’s. She also lives in a nursing home. She told me that after my sister told her about my burns that she cried all night knowing the pain I was in. Knowing that she has Alzheimer’s I was afraid she couldn’t comprehend or express a lot of emotions. – “Little Did I Know”
I have four grandkids, one of who is only 7 weeks old. It never occurred to me that I might take chances that would not let me watch them grow up. – “Little Did I Know”
I knew God preformed miracles. After spending 13 months in Vietnam and as the years passed by, my faith in God and in miracles was at it’s low. – “Little Did I Know”
I have a twin brother. Now that I have no hair and no mustache, my wife says that I really look like my brother. That hurts my feelings because he’s UGLY. – “That I Know”
I will never forget the feeling of awakening and knowing that I was still alive. I Thanked God. Nor will I ever forget seeing the joyous faces of my wife and son at my bedside. I have the chance now to look ahead, the chance to see my wife, my sons, my daughter, my grandkids, my brother, my sisters, my nephews and nieces again. I have the chance of a lifetime. I hope and pray no one ever has to experience these feelings under these conditions.
I thank God.
I thank you.
Be safe and may God Bless All.
Hank (Last Name removed)
"Hindsight" shares a great deal of "Insight"
Great Post Don
Real simple rule above 600V:
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