At work each day, many brands and styles of safety glasses and eye-face protection are handled and sold. Quite often, the driving factor is budget. With so many low-cost glasses available on the safety market, it has become more economical for many to purchase the two-dollar variety as needed. Too often, a transient or careless … Continue reading
Wear your safety glasses. It’s a simple rule, and one that workers obey more than ever thanks to awareness campaigns, enforcement and the wide array of technologically advanced, funky-looking protective eyewear on the market today. Yet many Canadian eyes remain unprotected, with injuries occurring at an alarming rate. A recent study found that 60 per … Continue reading
Ontario will focus on personal protective equipment during an enforcement blitz at workplaces across Ontario. In October, Ministry of Labour inspectors will check on head, eye, foot, respiratory and other protection worn or used by workers at industrial and health care workplaces. They will check that the equipment is: the appropriate choice for protection used … Continue reading
A radiation burn from a welding torch, a puncture wound from a faulty nail gun, a blast of compressed air on the eye — these are just a few reasons why safety eyewear is so important in the American workplace. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health reports that 2,000 Americans suffer from an … Continue reading