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Your lawn
mower can hurl a stone into your eye or
someone else's eye at 200 miles per hour.
Each year more than 5,000 people have
their eyes injured because of s uch mishaps
in the yard and garden.
Edging, weed-whacking, or even pruning the
bushes can send flying clippings into the
eyes. Using a chainsaw or chopping wood
can blind an eye with a wood chip or
splinter.
Almost 100 percent of these eye injuries
can be avoided. All you need to do is take
simple precautions for yourself or your
family members.
Wear goggles or safety glasses when you
are doing yard work, and keep others away
when you are mowing or edging the lawn.
Home construction or building materials
(metal, lumber, nails) can also do serious
eye damage. Unfortunately, I have treated
many one-eyed carpenters who lost an eye
to a flying nail that hit their eye while
hammering. It happened faster than they
could blink. They lost their vision "in
the blink of an eye."
Using appropriate eye safety precautions
and eye protection can almost always
prevent such accidents. Safety goggles ($3
at any hardware store) can be worn to
protect yourself from flying particles,
especially when hammering nails!
Take precautions to prevent eye injuries
when you are gardening or doing yard work.
This summer please remember that whatever
you are doing, your eyes are at stake.
Let's keep your eyes safe. |
