Safety glasses for spectacle wearers.

Gentlemen,

Try getting a dose of Neuropathy in both your feet, I cant feel a thing but you end up with your foot black and blue and cant remember why, joking aside thats why I wear safety boots because I cant feel anything and dont want a broken foot.

Martin P

Having experienced the trauma of having a 1/2" nut fall on my toe; banging my kneecap on the bench leg (3 times) and badly whacking myself in the face by a hanging flypaper, I can identify with some people in this thread. Here's the way I do it now:

Edited By Bandersnatch on 15/06/2015 01:53:34

I just use ordinary old-fashioned safety glasses, with the side protector bits on the side arms, over top of my regular specs. Works ok for me. Done it that way since I were junior engineer on the Ark.

Just remember you only get one set of eyes. H & S are a pain to comply with but it is there for a reason, keeping the insurance cost down. Really having had the experience of things in my eyes and dropped on my feet I have learned my lesson, take out the insurance and wear at least some protection. There is a reason they call these misfortunes accidents, no one plans on them.

Safety isn't expensive, accidents are. Work safe.

Alex

This is getting a long way from eye protection at times- I still favour a visor. The only difference I can see (getit?).between my glasses with plastic lenses and pucka safety glasses is the side protection. I have been thinking quite a lot about safety in the last few weeks and have come to the conclusion that the single most dangerous thing is working when tired, that's when silly mistakes are made and shortcuts are taken.

Hi Gordon, the lenses in safety glasses may look the same, however they must resist the minimum impact levels to be classed as safety glasses. Ordinary glasses may or may not be capable of the minimum impact levels.

I do agree tiredness can lead to silly mistakes and should be avoided.

Regards Nick.

Bandersnatch, I guess that you must have just bought one of those EMG12 end mill sharpeners?

Comes with it, John - didn't Ketan make that clear?