How Much is $3.00 Worth to You?
How much is walking through the park, seeing all of Mother Nature in its bountiful glories of spring worth? How about the sight of your son or daughter getting married? What about watching the excitement of your children or grandchildren on Christmas morning? Or even seeing your new born child or grand child for the very first time? Can you put a price tag on being able to see such events? How about $3.00? No, you say! Well, that is exactly how much you are saying your sight is not worth, every time you do not wear your safety glasses!
Safety glasses, those $3.00 sight savers, have been used in the construction industry since the 1910's. And, undoubtedly, many workers have escaped serious eye injury because of them. You may personally know some fortunate individuals who saved their sight this way. Unfortunately, there are those that have not.
Let's take a look at a couple:
A carpenter recently asked his insurance company to pay for damage to his glass eye. It had been broken when a nail he was driving flew up and struck it. When asked how he had lost his own eye in the first place, he replied: “The same way, a nail hit it.” A world of darkness awaits this man when a nail strikes his remaining good eye.
A boilermaker recently lost an eye when a fragment of a shattered grinding disc penetrated the inner, non-impact resistant, lens on his welding hood. The employee had been grinding on his weld, with a 6-inch electric hand grinder, when the tool jammed causing the disc to shatter.
How many times have you seen a welder complete a weld, just to flip up their lens (or even worse their entire welding hood) and start chipping or grinding? Ever wonder why some companies/locations are now requiring welders to wear safety glasses under their welding hoods?
Still today, some have not grown to appreciate the need for eye protection. You, yourself, may find it difficult to get accustomed to wearing eye protection. But, would getting accustomed to wearing a glass eye or a life without sight be any easier?
