Wear Safty glasses

[Retroman839]

Always wear safety glasses !

One month after getting fresh plaster dust in my eyes ..

Getting better but still dry lazy irritated eyes ..

Paid for a eye tests because G P
Couldn’t see me till mid April.

Eyes are clear of foriegn body’s
But scratch on the eye ..

Just as eye was getting started !
Hopefully can get back to looking at the pcbs soon ..

 

[eliotcole]

Speaking as a one-eye ... and knowing that my brother in law ( he's a mario man* ) has also had to visit old Moorfields ... I would always try to remember to wear safeties (or just a normal pair of specs when doing seemingly innocuous work like soldering or some shit) ... because I am keenly aware that I've only got one left.

Take cement, for example ... that has a high Ph ... and ... well ... my experience with a high Ph substance in my eye has been literally debilitating. 😅

If a higher ph substance is going to start eating at your eyeball, then it will not be put off by your cornea (which can actually somewhat repel more 'acidic' substances ... but it still won't be pleasant) ... and it will continue to eat everything else.

( seriously, @Retroman839 , next time something like this happens - if there is one, mate - go straight to Moorfields and wait ... best hospital ever )

Spoiler: *

What's the slang for plumber, if 'sparky' is electrician ... "drip"? 🤷‍♂️

 

[Bods]

I wear goggles when working on car, they steam up which doesn't help, trying to clean off rust it's fine dust and still gets in my eyes and for couple days after they are stinging big time as you say, rub them and it scratches and still feels like something in them for days

 

[Retroman839]

I wear goggles when working on car, they steam up which doesn't help, trying to clean off rust it's fine dust and still gets in my eyes and for couple days after they are stinging big time as you say, rub them and it scratches and still feels like something in them for days

Yeh it does !
It’s Ocupational hazard unfortunately ,
I’m so used to getting Scratched and splinters etc .. had the chain saw out days before . Cutting tree down , means nothing !
just drilling a light fitting into a Celling. I thought . didn’t present a clear and obvious danger to me .. x How Wrong I was! ..
now I will keep Safty glasses with me all the time at work.

 

[griffo83x]

After working in engineering and being a welder fabricator most of my working life i have lost count the amount of times i have had metal/sparks in my eyes
i always wore eye protection after the first time but they dont always work i have had sparks go up behind the face shield/ glasses and still land in my eye.
one of the worst was when i had a piece of hot metal go into my eye had to go to A and E , they put some local anaesthic to numb it and then some dye which is uv reflective , they the n turn the lights off in the room and the doctor had a uv black light attached to his head and picked the metal out of my eye with a syringe needle , not a pleasant experience m also had many welding flashes when i first started welding this was before the days of a reactor light mask just the old nodder ,if u know u know , probably why i suffer with dry eye now in my left eye sore and irritated most days tried everything over the counter they dont really help and doctors dont want to know as the recepionist told me they dont do eyes , what do they do these days ?

 

[Retroman839]

I wear goggles when working on car, they steam up which doesn't help, trying to clean off rust it's fine dust and still gets in my eyes and for couple days after they are stinging big time as you say, rub them and it scratches and still feels like something in them for days

Yeh it does !
It’s Ocupational hazard unfortunately ,
I’m so used to getting. Scratched and splinters etc .. had the chain saw out days before .. só just drilling a light fitting into a Celling didn’t present a clear and obvious danger to me .. How Wrong I was! ..
now I will keep Safty glasses with me all the time at work.

After working in engineering and being a welder fabricator most of my working life i have lost count the amount of times i have had metal/sparks in my eyes
i always wore eye protection after the first time but they dont always work i have had sparks go up behind the face shield/ glasses and still land in my eye.
one of the worst was when i had a piece of hot metal go into my eye had to go to A and E , they put some local anaesthic to numb it and then some dye which is uv reflective , they the n turn the lights off in the room and the doctor had a uv black light attached to his head and picked the metal out of my eye with a syringe needle , not a pleasant experience m also had many welding flashes when i first started welding this was before the days of a reactor light mask just the old nodder ,if u know u know , probably why i suffer with dry eye now in my left eye sore and irritated most days tried everything over the counter they dont really help and doctors dont want to know as the recepionist told me they dont do eyes , what do they do these days ?

yeh .. my gramps was on a metal lathe .. had them metal bits removed from his eyes .
Man now I feel that respect !
Found out I got rugby shape
Eyes too 👁️ let’s light in but it scatters around inside the eye ,
- Stigma
Looking at getting Night time driving glass now .. always pissed me off driving at night
I thought that was how it was for everyone!!!
The eye specialist says to me
“ do you have trouble driving at night “. I’m like yehhhhh I do!

She said yes because you
Got rugby shaped eyses 👁️
It’s called a stigma

? I’m like really ?

I didn’t know that ?
She said I bet you hate the on coming head lights at night ?!

Erm Ain’t it like that for everyone ? She said nope

 

[eliotcole]

not grammar trumping you, mate, but ... 'safety ...

speelung mutters

 

[Retroman839]

not grammar trumping you, mate, but ... 'safety ...

speelung mutters

🤣🤣🤣
It’s still about 6 -2 to you on street fighter !
🤣🤣

 

[eliotcole]

Luckily (except in severe cases like wot i did sed) ... eyez iz a v. fastly healing fing.

 

[eliotcole]

It was all luck ... you know that, right?

It’s still about 6 -2 to you on street fighter !

...
I am very openly a RANDOM MOTHERFUCKER.

Jumpy Quarter Circles ... just with safety goggles.

 

[Retroman839]

It was all luck ... you know that, right?


...
I am very openly a RANDOM MOTHERFUCKER.

Jumpy Quarter Circles ... just with safety goggles.
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I saw many years of hard training in your style

 

[eliotcole]

He is referring to the amount that I drink ... clearly. 🥃

I saw many years of hard training in your style

 

[Bods]

I'm thinking Swimming Goggles are probably a better bet for working on car, small or bigger ones so they seal around your eye

When at school, my mate tied end of laggy band in a knot and he was going to ping in on back of my head, I turned around and whack straight in my eye, was hurting for days, wouldn't stop streaming, doctors gave us some drops, still no better so mum took me hospital, specialist there asked if I'd used anything so showed him the eye drops, he said well they can go straight in the bin and he chucked em in there. he said just rest it as it was bruised and you'll be fine and it was after a few more days

Swear when wearing normal eye protection goggles, ones that cover your eyes fully not specs type, when using grinder cutting metal I still get a spark go in my eye sometimes, how I don't know but happened a few times

Anyone else often think when using power tools, this saw could make a mess if I slip, always thinking what if my hand gets caught in it to be honest with how Hospitals are these days I am more careful than ever as I don't fancy going to them too often

 

[69er]

We don’t appreciate our eyes enough till grit gets in them same as a microscopic splinter of wood , glass or metal can inflict more pain into a fingertip than a punch in the face by a door bouncer?

There’s safety conscious and too complacent especially with power tools and hot stuff but you could dress like a deep sea diver with overall cover to safeguard from self harm …. Then a number seven bus still runs you over!!!


I hate it when goggles steam up and do risk my own safety on occasion when a small job is undertaken but a stray bit of dust takes just that moment to fly .

 

[eliotcole]

True story, I genuinely spent a ton (back when that meant something - i feel old) on ski goggles that had a fucking extractor fan in them.

I hate it when goggles steam up and do risk my own safety on occasion when a small job is undertaken but a stray bit of dust takes just that moment to fly .

Genuinely ... from the perspective of someone that has to wear fucking safety goggles when playing five-a-side/basketball ... I would LOVE something similar for strenuous activity that ISN'T snow based!

 

[Lurch666]

Ironic considering the op's avatar.

 

[Retroman839]

I'm thinking Swimming Goggles are probably a better bet for working on car, small or bigger ones so they seal around your eye

When at school, my mate tied end of laggy band in a knot and he was going to ping in on back of my head, I turned around and whack straight in my eye, was hurting for days, wouldn't stop streaming, doctors gave us some drops, still no better so mum took me hospital, specialist there asked if I'd used anything so showed him the eye drops, he said well they can go straight in the bin and he chucked em in there. he said just rest it as it was bruised and you'll be fine and it was after a few more days

Swear when wearing normal eye protection goggles, ones that cover your eyes fully not specs type, when using grinder cutting metal I still get a spark go in my eye sometimes, how I don't know but happened a few times

Anyone else often think when using power tools, this saw could make a mess if I slip, always thinking what if my hand gets caught in it to be honest with how Hospitals are these days I am more careful than ever as I don't fancy going to them too often

Ironic considering the op's avatar.
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I do wear em most of time 🤓
In tool station today looking at the safety glasses .. got some cool biggles pilot type well vented no condensation , Stanley £6.99 All round side protection

 

[Retroman839]

Also .. I always thought stuff could get round the back of the eye .. but they told me .. nope our eyes are sealed ..
Well I’m sure I could
Feel plaster stuck round the back of My Eyes .

 

[John Bennett]

I think my first time of putting a wire-brush on angle grinder made me think 'no way is this happening without goggles'.
I just had to pull the metal bristles out of my arms and legs instead.

Even with goggles I've managed rust in my eyes twice. The first time they put about 10 litres of saline through my eyes in the hospital (not pleasant) because they thought I was going to lose my sight (it was dodgy litmus paper making them think I'd got some sort of alkaline in there). They then sent me to the eye infirmary to 'save my sight'' and she pulled out a speck of rust. Left a scratch they see every time I get an eye test though :-/ . The second time I could tell it was rust and didn't rub it, so they got it out without damage. But yeah, tight fitting goggles.

I'm sure it wasn't like this when I was in my 20's and more careless - it's like my eyeballs have become magnetic.

As mentioned, anything with lime in it is one to be very careful of too. I've lime mortared a wall and that was a definite PPE job.

 

[Pharo]

I can relate to this being a bricklayer for near 35 years, I've had many things in my eyes over the years and when you got something in your eyes back in the day one of the old brickies would roll your eyelid and then lick a fag paper and put it on your eyeball then sweep it about till it got whatever was in there out believe me it isn't nice, another story I could tell is about 5 years ago went to the opticians my eyesight isn't great but after getting the full test done they asked me if I had been in a fight and as I had been with the optician for years wasn't unusual 🤣or car accident as I had that much scarring behind one eye which had reduced it by a quarter and to keep a long story short it was all because of a splinter from a glazed brick had got in there months before,so be careful as you only get one set.