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
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