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Re: Share your accidents and close-calls so others can learn from
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| B A R R Y 2007-08-10, 9:25 am |
| Thomas G. Marshall wrote:
> I wanted to urge people to use protective eye gear with my quick story of a
> near-miss.
A quick point about eye wear.
Obviously, eye protection helps protect our eyes from direct damage.
A less mentioned benefit is that even nuisance dust can cause an eye to
blink, blur or heavily tear. Even though light dust irritation is
usually recoverable and only a nuisance, the thought of having my eyes
closed while my hands are near spinning blades and bits, or my bicycle
is traveling at decent speeds gives me the heebie-jeebies.
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| Doug Miller 2007-08-10, 1:25 pm |
| In article <kPXui.70$Oo.15@newssvr17.news.prodigy.net>, B A R R Y <beech23pilot@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Thomas G. Marshall wrote:
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>A quick point about eye wear.
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>Obviously, eye protection helps protect our eyes from direct damage.
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>A less mentioned benefit is that even nuisance dust can cause an eye to
>blink, blur or heavily tear. Even though light dust irritation is
>usually recoverable and only a nuisance, the thought of having my eyes
>closed while my hands are near spinning blades and bits, or my bicycle
>is traveling at decent speeds gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Another less-mentioned -- and less-appreciated -- point is that there are
other parts of your face besides your eyes that should be protected. I don't
believe I'd much enjoy catching chunk of wood in the teeth, or the nose.
Hence, I always wear a full-face shield when operating power tools -- and some
hand tools, too, like hammers.
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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
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| BillinDetroit 2007-08-12, 9:25 pm |
| Wayne Whitney wrote:
> On 2007-08-10, Doug Miller <spambait@milmac.com> wrote:
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> How do you find that to work for you? I've found my face shield is
> easily scratched (polycarbonate) and gets dusty very easily. So using
> it is rather a nuisance, is there any way to reduce that?
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> Thanks, Wayne
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After it has been on a few moments, the dust seems to disappear.
ill
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