Accidents can happen so easily

[RWD3M]

I would be very wary of safety glasses. Now, before I get lynched,let me explain why. At the company I used to work for,it originally was left up to your own common sense/ stupidity, as to wether or not you wore safety glasses. That all changed after an accident. The interesting bit though was, that initially there were a lot more cases of people getting bits of metal in their eyes whilst cutting and grinding. Usual managerial response following such an instance, was " ********, you were not wearing glasses"

Until it happened to somebody just inside the door of my workshop. I saw it happen,and so did the cctv camera outside the unit. What was happening was bits of metal were hitting the operators face,bouncing off, hitting the inside of the safety glass and being re directed into the operators eye. The marks on the inside of the glasses confirmed this. Better quality,( read more expensive), closer fitting safety glasses solved the problem.

So, just because you are wearing safety glasses,doesn't make you safe. It can make it worse. Only use decent,well fitting glasses,or,even better still,a full face mask when cutting or grinding. Cheapy safety glasses are dangerous and lull you into a false sense of security....

I get this, happened to me causing me to visit the Eye hospital in Bristol (who are bl00dy marvellous BTW).

Hasn't stopped (and won't) me wearing safety glasses though.

 

[fizzy]

I tend to wear this when I am grinding or sand blasting. Brilliant and NEVER mists up - full face protection - no approvals of course but far better for most things.
After wrecking one pair I now use plastic film over each eyepiece - very easy to change.

 

[MattH]

I tend to wear this when I am grinding or sand blasting. Brilliant and NEVER mists up - full face protection - no approvals of course but far better for most things.
After wrecking one pair I now use plastic film over each eyepiece - very easy to change.

Can I ask? Does the rest of your outfit have any chains hanging from it?

 

[Seano]

I don't know which model will fit over glasses but Bolle is my preferred make.

This is an excellent light wieght combination from Bolle.

 

[RWD3M]

Ah yes, the S10. Brings back some awful memories, and not bedroom related!

 

[Cobbler]

I tend to wear this when I am grinding or sand blasting. Brilliant and NEVER mists up - full face protection - no approvals of course but far better for most things.
After wrecking one pair I now use plastic film over each eyepiece - very easy to change.

Back in the 60s my father was doing up a cottage. He was pulling down old lath & plaster ceilings that were about 300 years old & the dust was terrible. Now my dad was someone who never threw anything away, so got out his old ww2 gas mask. Two old dears being nosy peered in through the window, saw dad covered in crap & wearing the gas mask screamed & shot off up the road.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I tend to wear this when I am grinding or sand blasting.

Can I ask? Does the rest of your outfit have any chains hanging from it?

I think the yoofs of today know that as 'steampunk'.....

 

[Maker]

I think the yoofs of today know that as 'steampunk'.....

Yeah I'm sure that's what he was getting at!

 

[bigegg]

I tend to wear this when I am grinding or sand blasting. Brilliant and NEVER mists up - full face protection - no approvals of course but far better for most things.
After wrecking one pair I now use plastic film over each eyepiece - very easy to change.

I have the same.

for Changing the insoles in my trainers

 

[Farside]

I have to tell 60 members of staff each atleast once a week to put safety glasses on while using nailguns.
We are taking a different approach and will dismiss repeat offenders but the stupidity is outstanding.
Darwin theory?

When I worked in the ball-bearing plant, hearing PPE was mandatory and a sackable thing if you were seen without it on the shop floor.
I certainly had no problem with that rule, as it was brutally noisy in there.
Same applied to the supplied safety specs - either wear them or a mask or out the door, no arguments.
I didn't mind that in the least, as they supplied me with free prescription safety specs that saved me a pile of dosh.

 

[Cyberprog]

Maybe I used the wrong terminology! When I said goggles I ment just normal eye protection.

With my prescription they'd be 1" thick and be too heavy too wear! I also know my company wouldn't pay for them.....

I have a pair of prescription safety glasses. Very handy, and they are full coverage.

9" Grinders basically want to kill you. Why people don't think about this when using them I don't know!

 

[Munkul]

you can get anti-fog glasses from ARCO or similar no problem at all. They're now supplied as standard on our site, from 3M, Bolle, Zekler, etc

3M/Zekler wrap-arounds are my preference

https://www.zoro.co.uk/shop/persona...hzmSQ_vHb7FKAzm0uW2Cty0YiQOjBNXUaAiiqEALw_wcB

 

[rtbcomp]

... I don't know how they can change the laws of optics, but the left lense is now appreciably thinner than they used to be, maybe they developed a different process for making them?.

I suspect the newer material has a greater refractive index than the older stuff, so the lens doesn't need to be as curved and therefore can be made thinner.

 

[maz0]

I tend to wear this when I am grinding or sand blasting. Brilliant and NEVER mists up - full face protection - no approvals of course but far better for most things.
After wrecking one pair I now use plastic film over each eyepiece - very easy to change.

Great for when you have some grinding to do at lunch time but have an embassy siege to attend at 3.

 

[fizzy]

Great for when you have some grinding to do at lunch time but have an embassy siege to attend at 3.

I bet I have worn one far more often than any SAS trooper

Evil looking things - my mate's kids were terrified when I put it on - and the dogs bark like hell - great for cleaning up their accidents though!

 

[Wightsparks]

Was welding, cutting and grinding last night...
...then I came in to make dinner and slashed the base my thumb open using an apple corer like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0001IWW0W/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_EKAwCb3679QZE it disintegrated as I pushed down on it and resulted in quiet a deep cut - could have been a lot worse.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Was welding, cutting and grinding last night...
...then I came in to make dinner and slashed the base my thumb open using an apple corer like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0001IWW0W/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_EKAwCb3679QZE it disintegrated as I pushed down on it and resulted in quiet a deep cut - could have been a lot worse.

Shows you can never relax, even for a moment. Who'd have thought that something as seemingly innocuous as an apple corer could inflict GBH?

 

[bigegg]

I bet I have worn one far more often than any SAS trooper

Evil looking things - my mate's kids were terrified when I put it on - and the dogs bark like hell - great for cleaning up their accidents thoughame!

same effect here.

 

[gaz1]

Working in a school we obviously have to be strict on H&S, One class of year 10's we have three lads who are becoming a right pain, every time they go to the beltsander or scroll saw one of has to shout "Goggles", honestly they are so thick its untrue. It has got to the point where next week they will be barred from practical if they wont comply.

id show them under the true health and safety showing them actual real accidents with a test afterwards

it would clearly stick in there minds to think first

these would be some id be showing in my health and safety videos

 

[jimbo84]

id show them under the true health and safety showing them actual real accidents with a test afterwards

it would clearly stick in there minds to think first

these would be some id be showing in my health and safety videos

Difficult to know how we'd react in an accident but I'm surprised they didn't turn the lathe off sooner (first vid), fair enough the damage was done but may have reduced the injury.