Losing vision in one or both eyes can have major impacts on a person’s life and livelihood. Yet according to NIOSH, upwards of 2,000 workers each day are sent for medical treatment. Some recover fully and others lose part or all of their vision. Thousands of people are blinded each year from work-related eye injuries. These injuries occur because employees aren’t wearing eye protection or they’re wearing improper or poorly fitting eye protection.
Data show that men experience far more eye injuries than women, and that men ages 25 to 44 suffer more eye injuries than men in other age groups.