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Preventable Injuries
Published in Patrick A. Michaud, Accident Prevention and Osha Compliance, 2017
In any event, our eyes are our most valuable possession. The softness of the eye provides the easiest entry into the brain. Over 100,000 eye injuries occur each year. Because our eyes are the windows of our mind, no one should be allowed to take chances. Eye protection must be provided and used. The prevention of eye injuries is based on these major fundamentals: Establishment of safe work practices, whereby proper eye protection will prevent an eye injuryInstallation of devices to control the hazards at their sourcesProviding employees with eye protection when exposed to eye injury hazardsEnforcing the requirement that eye protection will be worn when exposed to eye injury hazards
Health and Safety
Published in B. T. Åström, Manufacturing of Polymer Composites, 2018
Safety glasses protect against impact, but not chemical splash, which requires special goggles or safety glasses with face shield. Due to the possibly catastrophic consequences of an eye injury, it is good common sense to always wear eye protection in industrial environments. Contact lenses should not be worn if there is a potential for splash from corrosive substances. The reason is that if the substance penetrates between lens and eye it will have ample time to do damage to the eye before the lens is taken out to properly rinse the eye and remove the substance.
Emergency First Aid Treatment of Poisoning
Published in Charles R. Foden, Jack L. Weddell, Household Chemicals and Emergency First Aid, 2017
Charles R. Foden, Jack L. Weddell
WHEN USING THIS PRODUCT WEAR: NO SPECIAL REQUIREMENT. Eye contact will cause stinging, tearing, swelling, redness and possible corneal ulceration and permanent eye injury. Skin contact may produce ulceration of nasal passage and inside of the mouth. Ingestion may produce ulceration in the mouth, throat, and stomach. If ingested in sufficient amount, spontaneous vomiting may occur.
Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of light emitted by incandescent, halogen, and LED bulbs on ARPE-19 and BEAS-2B cell lines
Published in Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 2018
Marta Gea, Tiziana Schilirò, Paola Iacomussi, Raffaella Degan, Sara Bonetta, Giorgio Gilli
The eye is constantly exposed to radiations. Light in excess (high energy or long-time exposure) may cause eye injury when focused onto the retina. Although the eye has developed a very precise mechanism of light adaptation and has several protective mechanisms against light exposure, prolonged or intense exposure may affect the human vision (Contin et al. 2016).