1. Eyewear at work: prevent, protect, react
- Author
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Cohen, Marlyse
- Subjects
Eye -- Protection and preservation ,Eyeglasses, Protective -- Usage ,Occupational health and safety -- Equipment and supplies ,Safety goggles -- Usage ,Business ,Business, general - Abstract
The use of protective eyewear by production and maintenance workers across industry cannot be over-emphasized. A Labor Statistics Bureau report found that more than 50% of workers injured while wearing eye protection thought that the eyewear had minimized their injuries. Furthermore, eye safety can be considerably enhanced when proper eye protection equipment is combined with solid safety policies and easily accessible, effective eyewash products., NOTE: Safety practices are particularly sensitive issues in our litigious society. Therefore, we have respected company requests for anonymity in the following story. Employees at an offshore oil rig and [...]
- Published
- 1999