Mind your eyes lads!

KatyMac

Just heard a neighbour got steel in his eye when fixing a trailer and thought I'd tell ye what happened to my husband almost 3 years ago.
He was helping an elderly lady to tidy her garden and got a whack of a branch on his face - didn't hurt, so thought nothing of it.
About a week later his eye was red and running so off he went to the doctor who took one look at him and packed him off to Casualty. Was going in and out to hospital every second day for the next week, but eye was getting worse. He was admitted and put on drops every hour - day and night. Was on these drops for 17 days - no sleep for the whole time except short naps. His eye was awful to look at, the coloured bit was white and the white was red.
He was in hospital for 33 days in total and while his eye looks reasonable he has lost most of the vision in it.
He does no job, big or small, now without wearing a pair of goggles. So watch your eyes, a small insignificant thing can lead to something horrible.

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Just heard a neighbour got steel in his eye when fixing a trailer and thought I'd tell ye what happened to my husband almost 3 years ago.
He was helping an elderly lady to tidy her garden and got a whack of a branch on his face - didn't hurt, so thought nothing of it.
About a week later his eye was red and running so off he went to the doctor who took one look at him and packed him off to Casualty. Was going in and out to hospital every second day for the next week, but eye was getting worse. He was admitted and put on drops every hour - day and night. Was on these drops for 17 days - no sleep for the whole time except short naps. His eye was awful to look at, the coloured bit was white and the white was red.
He was in hospital for 33 days in total and while his eye looks reasonable he has lost most of the vision in it.
He does no job, big or small, now without wearing a pair of goggles. So watch your eyes, a small insignificant thing can lead to something horrible.

ya heard a local man on fas was strimming grass and soming flew up and hit him in the eye and he lost the eye he was wearing no sheild or glasses.

tuxy

I have no involvement in farming or forestry but after reading that I will be sure to always wear glasses while out cycling. I get hit in the eye by flies regularly while cycling but if it was any debris that's harder it could be very serious.

KatyMac

Glad to hear dat. #we managed to get a cool pair of sunglass goggles today, wrap around sort, so he's even fixed up for the 'good' weather now - whenever it happens!

CJhaughey

I know a guy who lost an eye while trying to beat a fencing staple in, I am sure you all know how hard they are to drive in.
This chap beat it and it spun out and came back and popped his eyeball.
Any time I use a hammer I put on safety glasses after seeing the damage.
Its just not worth it for 5 seconds of your time.

pakalasa

I wear safety glasses for grinding, drilling etc. Just spent the day driving staples....didn't have them on.:mad:

Just a small thing, but if they have a cord (lanyard) attached, you're more likely to wear them.

wallycool

I spent a week in the eye and ear hospital a few months ago after getting a piece of steel in my eye that chipped off a chisel while i was hitting it with a hammer .
The doctor said I was very lucky not to loose the sight in that eye , so from now on I never walk into the farm yard without them stuck in my hair then pull them down whenever I am working with tools etc.

KatyMac

These on the tie look brilliant. My husband usually has his on the top of his head for when he needs them.

KatyMac

I just thought I'd bring this post back towards the front. Hubby's eye was red this morning, so it was yet another trip to Casualty to get it checked. It's almost 5 years now and we will never be done with it - all for the sake of a cheap pair of safety goggles! Mind your eyes lads!