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The old Eye, ear, nose and throat hospital in Middlesbrough was brilliant (it's an Aldi now, or Lidl) there were two nurses in the Eye part that had been there since the place was built, well not quite but one had done something like thirty years of permanent nights and the other was just a beginner with twenty odd years but when you walked in they could see right away what the problem was and which eye. Brilliant they were. All one now in the name of progress and a junior general doctor now gets to sort you out in the local A&E, progress, of sorts I suppose. Nowadays I wear PPE as a) I am a lot wiser and b) I am a little older.
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I would reccomend going to a large retail tool/PPE store like ARCO etc where they have a display of safety glasses, you can try different ones on to see which ones fit your head/face best.
At work we have a load of different brands on stock, and you can choose which ones fit you best.
(actually now moved on to the semi-goggle style ones with foam inserts, we all hate them, but that's life)
My favourite pair of glasses are these
They fit very well around my eyes.
At work we have a load of different brands on stock, and you can choose which ones fit you best.
(actually now moved on to the semi-goggle style ones with foam inserts, we all hate them, but that's life)
My favourite pair of glasses are these
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I bought a better quality (less flimsy) tinted face shied, thats my go to now for any plasma cutting, gas welding or cutting. Its not all about the eyes, a face/head full of sparks and hotness isnt a nice experience.
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I have a Scott papr which is really good but bulky so bought the airsheild for shorter jobs. It's bloody brilliant.
Im ultra sensitive to dust 5mins with a grinder and I'll have 3 days off feeling like I have flu.
I have used this pescription place , was good value and they do petrol and oil resistant lenses too.
They have the extra foam seals for some of glasses also.
Stu
They have the extra foam seals for some of glasses also.
Stu
I have mentioned it before but everyone poo pooed my idea.
Under my welding helmet I wear a pair of swimming goggles.
Obviously they aren't approved as safety glasses - although they do have to be CE approved against impact and shatter etc.
Too many times when welding I have had a glowing little BB rattling around in my helmet.
Swimming goggles are such a tight fit they would prevent the odd bit that gets past normal safety gear.
Under my welding helmet I wear a pair of swimming goggles.
Obviously they aren't approved as safety glasses - although they do have to be CE approved against impact and shatter etc.
Too many times when welding I have had a glowing little BB rattling around in my helmet.
Swimming goggles are such a tight fit they would prevent the odd bit that gets past normal safety gear.
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I've had both my eyes dug/ scraped now, first time in hospital second time by optometrist and was painful at the time.
First time was over 10 yrs ago and was fibreglass, fairly central I think though it doesn't seem to affect vision anymore.
Second time I was wear safety specs but a bit of what must have been rust (was needle scaling) fell in my eye round the edge of the goggles and embedded off centre in my other eye. Actually went cycling and only looked in the evening as it didn't feel quite right, to my horror there was a easily visible brown blob on my eye, towards the edge of the iris on the cornea. I picked it out with my finger nail but later went to see my optometrist who carefully removed the rust ring. Very little pain at any point. There is a scar but its off centre so I can't see it.
I now wear a full face 3m6800 for basically everything like needle scaling, grinding, whatever. I lean over and dust off my head before taking it off too as those bits of crud which just fall in can easily embed as I have found out.
I like @fizzy idea of swimming goggles while welding.
Also, wear some small ear defenders while welding as that stuff in your ear can cause permanent damage too to your inner ear.
First time was over 10 yrs ago and was fibreglass, fairly central I think though it doesn't seem to affect vision anymore.
Second time I was wear safety specs but a bit of what must have been rust (was needle scaling) fell in my eye round the edge of the goggles and embedded off centre in my other eye. Actually went cycling and only looked in the evening as it didn't feel quite right, to my horror there was a easily visible brown blob on my eye, towards the edge of the iris on the cornea. I picked it out with my finger nail but later went to see my optometrist who carefully removed the rust ring. Very little pain at any point. There is a scar but its off centre so I can't see it.
I now wear a full face 3m6800 for basically everything like needle scaling, grinding, whatever. I lean over and dust off my head before taking it off too as those bits of crud which just fall in can easily embed as I have found out.
I like @fizzy idea of swimming goggles while welding.
Also, wear some small ear defenders while welding as that stuff in your ear can cause permanent damage too to your inner ear.
That is a good idea for welding. Hot bits in your ear can cause serious damage as well.
When grinding I also wear full face respirator. No need for swimming goggles under that!
OMG!
I wonder what size grinder it was?
I often wear my welding helmet or full face respirator when using an angle grinder. Notice I said "often". I always wear safety glasses of course.
But in future I will ALWAYS wear full face protection.
Thanks for posting Gaz!
And a reminder to everyone.
My mate who recycles pallets nearly lost an eye.
Was it a bandsaw or a reciprocating saw? Was it a nail gun? Nope none of the dodgy tools he uses every day. He always wears eye protection for that.
His accident happened at home pulling out a nail with a claw hammer
Even I would never have thought of eye protection for that!
My mate who recycles pallets nearly lost an eye.
Was it a bandsaw or a reciprocating saw? Was it a nail gun? Nope none of the dodgy tools he uses every day. He always wears eye protection for that.
His accident happened at home pulling out a nail with a claw hammer
Even I would never have thought of eye protection for that!
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Been in for deep eye digging part two today, they think they have it all now... Thanks for the suggestions guys, I have ordered some Bolle Tracker's to try out.
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spoggles are better ,bolle ,uvex or similar . fresh air welding masks help to keep dust out , beware idiots picking up grinders and not looking where the sparks are going , badly prepped jobs with paint or galv ups the risk too , windy weather blows sparks up inside
welding helmets , removing tape on the bottom of purged butt welds is often met with a load of grinding crap fallin out the gap
welding helmets , removing tape on the bottom of purged butt welds is often met with a load of grinding crap fallin out the gap
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I had to have 2 lots of surgery last year and I'm waiting on a third in a week or two because my eyes started splitting and getting infected - they reckon the cause of that was a built up of grinding dust/debris over the years along with welding flash.
I've basically been on zero or light work only for over 6 months and being self employed it wrecked me more ways than one.
I've basically been on zero or light work only for over 6 months and being self employed it wrecked me more ways than one.
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to be honest im not so sure if it was a silly 4.5 grinder or a big one i suspect it was a big one
but as ive found out with a small grinder that 1mm blade got nipped in what i was cutting and shattered that blade went everywhere and well across a 15ft workshop finding the pieces was something else
then we start to look at bounce back the momentum of the blade splitting would be enough to bounce back at you
since i started early with power tools 14+ age i do believe that teenagers should be made aware of the dangers the safety video is one of those yeah right whatever but a youtube video of fact is something else and makes you think
the health and safety videos are just a waste of time, ive seen worse so will most teenagers they probably know more than most people
i really dont see the point in nannying them with a comic strip video of what can happen
its called realise the facts this is what can happen at any time video
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And a reminder to everyone.
My mate who recycles pallets nearly lost an eye.
Was it a bandsaw or a reciprocating saw? Was it a nail gun? Nope none of the dodgy tools he uses every day. He always wears eye protection for that.
His accident happened at home pulling out a nail with a claw hammer
Even I would never have thought of eye protection for that!
This is why most plants and sites just have a basic rule of safety glasses 100% of the time, really apart from steaming up with masks which is now a non issue, there is very little downsides to a well-fitting , clear safety glasses and quite a lot of benefits. Really as our eyeballs are so valuable and exposed everyone should just wear safety glasses everywhere lol.
