There are four things you can do to protect your eyes from injury: Know the eye safety dangers at your work. Eliminate hazards before starting work by using machine guards, work screens or other engineering controls. Use proper eye protection. Keep your safety eyewear in good condition and have it replaced if it becomes damaged.
NIOSH reports about 2,000 U.S. workers sustain job-related eye injuries that require medical treatment each day. However, safety experts and eye doctors believe the right eye protection could have lessened the severity or even prevented 90% of these eye injuries.
Certain types of UV radiation can produce an injury to the surface and mucous membrane (conjunctiva) of the eye called "arc eye," "welders' eye" or "arc flash." These names are common names for "conjunctivitis" - an inflammation of the mucous membrane of the front of the eye. The symptoms include:
Dynamic Safety, USA is an independent Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) manufacturer that began in 2015 as an expansion of DSI Safety, Inc., a leading manufacturer of PPE in Canada.
New product introductions for 2015 will be revealed at the National Safety Council Expo. Encon® will be showcasing new additions to its emergency shower and eyewash products as well as launching new products in the personal protection equipment product category.
Full line of products provides advanced performance, state-of-the-art protection for men, women and youth/jr.
September 11, 2015
Eyewear innovator Wiley X®, Inc. now manufactures and distributes a full line of advanced vision and hearing protection products bearing the trusted and world-renowned Remington® brand. This new product launch was made possible through a recent partnership between Wiley X and Remington Outdoor Company (“ROC”), America’s oldest firearms and ammunition manufacturer with brands including Remington, AAC, Bushmaster and DPMS.
Emergency eyewash equipment is required anywhere concentrated corrosives (acids or bases), cleaners, disinfectants or other chemicals or substances that could injure the eyes are present.
Gateway Safety introduces a value play in eye protection with its newest product: Ingot™ Safety Eyewear! For those searching for safety glasses that don’t look like safety glasses, Ingot provides a high end, metal-frame look.