Eye safety - be bloody careful

[goingbush]

I stood on a rake that was leaning up against a wall on Sunday, the handle hit me in the right eye and caused major trauma.

Eye popped and I lost the internal lens and aqueous liquid causing eye to collapse. On the way to ER all I could think I've been so bloody careful over the years drilling , machine work etc and a frigging garden rake takes my eye out . I don't even do bloody gardening.

Thanks to triage at Yarrawonga an amazing eye surgeon mobilised his staff on Sunday night and had an entourage ready to operate within 30 mins of me arriving at Wodonga hospital. So far infection has been kept at bay and it looks like my eye is saved but my vision is gone .

This is second time round for me as I had a accident in same eye about 28 years ago.
So be bloody careful, and don't take eye safety for granted.

[windsock]

Damn that was unexpected! Hope you recover as well as you can. All the best.

[Slunnie]

I'm really sorry to hear about your accident.

I'm the same, I'm the eye PPE crazy at work making sure everyone is wearing them. Here is me, glasses on, doing some polypipe work where I was T-ing in a branch line to the backbone, take them off to wipe the sweat, bump the backbone pipe and the branch line releases and recoils with the end getting me straight in the eye. At first I thought I got hit by the excavator, and then when I worked out what happened I also thought I'd lost my eye, the pain was incredible. Fortunately only a bad graze to the lens which eventually healed. As much as WHS can be a pain, it's also a god send too.

[chuck]

Best wishes for your recovery

[Geedublya]

Bugger, having experienced a similar life changing incident nearly 3 years ago I can empathise. Fortunately I retained some use of my left arm but have learnt the importance of really thinking about safety. Good luck with keeping infection at bay and I hope it isn't too uncomfortable.

[JDNSW]

Same here - I'm very sorry to hear what happened, and hope you have the best possible recovery.

[discorevy]

also very sorry to read this, all the best for your recovery.

[Don 130]

Very sorry to hear of your accident. I am also manic about PPE, much to the amusement of some of my workmates. I've been caught out or seen others caught out too many times to take chances. The best of luck with your recovery.
Don.

[cripesamighty]

Best of luck for a speedy recovery, and a boatload of prayers to your deity of choice that something may be done to restore your vision.

[scarry]

Sorry to hear,accidents happen so easily at times.

My wife’s sister had one of her eyes badly damaged when an airbag went off,in a vehicle accident quite a few years ago.

It’s better now but will never heal completely.

[Bulletman]

Very sorry to here of this and i was glad to read the eye specialist was able to operate at short notice. hopefully as time goes by the operation will improve your sight and the damage that has been done.

I suffered a sever eye injury when i was younger -( i got stabbed in the eye with a knife ), and altho i have been told my sight will never fully recover, over the last 45 yrs i have had several eye operations that have improved my sight each time.

i am militant with eye safety and it pains me no end when i see people do things like grinding etc with no eye protection..

I hope you have a speedy recovery and the damage done is repairable.. there are some amazing ophthamologist out there and they seem to be progressing every year.

Cheers Bulletman

[Tote]

Wishing you the best possible recovery and sorry to hear about your accident.

Regards,
Tote

[goingbush]

Thanks for the support and encouragement, looks like i'm not Robinson Caruso here, I had no idea eye injuries were so prevalent.
I'm seeing surgeon tomorrow, no pain so far, thats a positive . And I can actually open my eye in low light, and my wife says it looks amazing (compared to the alternative I guess) , the pupil is even in the centre ( for the last 28 years its been off centre)

I need some next level eye protection before I'm allowed back in the shed. I have a plethora of safety glasses but I need some full protection that stops the possibility of sparks, dust or stuff coming in from behind, if only they didn't fog up.





On the bright side My VicRoads appointment for Dodge rego was Thursday , with only a few days before RWC expires I thought I'd have to miss that one but my Wife drove it to Wangaratta and came home with plates affixed. (full crash gearbox too) What a woman . (oops I forgot to leave earmuffs in the truck)
Number Plates are the same number as the old CofA plates it wore on the Snowy Scheme. (except number 0 is the letter O)

She has also taken a liking to driving the Landy, I might have trouble getting that back.

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[Slunnie]

I like that Dodge a lot!

[chuck]

If you are going into the workshop and are worried about eye protection (who would not be in your situation) there are some great face shields that have supplied air.

Advantages with these is;

They dont fog up.

Keep you cooler

Positive pressure keep dust out as well

They are battery powered so mobility is good

[goingbush]

If you are going into the workshop and are worried about eye protection (who would not be in your situation) there are some great face shields that have supplied air.

Advantages with these is;

They dont fog up.

Keep you cooler

Positive pressure keep dust out as well

They are battery powered so mobility is good

Thanks, I'll look them up . I had a spray painters mask that bled some air off the compressor hose but a bit cumbersome.

[Gav 110]

I have the unfortunate luck of just about every time I use safety glasses grinding, a small bit of metal will lodge itself in one of my eyes, the “sparks” seem to bounce off my face onto the inside of the glasses and into the ball, sometimes it dislodges itself with a few blinks, but usually have to go to the doctor and have my eyeball scraped
One engineering company I do work for has supplied me a pair of these

RUSH+ SEAL (https://bolle-safety.com/au/industrial/glasses/safety-glasses/rush--seal-RUSH%2BASSEMBLED_INDUSTRIAL.html)

And I have since bought myself a few more pairs
They have a seal around the edge and vents so don’t fog up, if wearing for a while they do get a little condensation on the inner lense and require a quick wipe

They are a little bit more than the standard safety specs, $20-$30, but saves a trip to the docs (and hospital on a couple of occasions)

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Gav

[Fattima]

Nasty but glad to hear it is all looking good.

[jonesfam]

And here I was feeling sorry for myself having to use crutches.
Hope it turns out OK.
Jonesfam

[Lionelgee]

Hello GoingBush,

Very sorry to read about the injury to your eye. All the best for a speedy and complete recovery.

Kind regards
Lionel

[ian4002000]

Sorry to hear about your accident , i hope it all goes well. My brother lost the lens out of one of his eyes from a fencing wire recoil. I wear glasses anyway but i am also cautious for other people.
I did find that some chain saw headshields allow you to wear ear muffs with a face shield , This helps quite a bit with debris hitting your face but not perfect for total protection.

Ps i always cut fencing and other wire offcuts into short pieces to stop any chance of recoil happening , takes more time but saves many injuries

Ian
Bittern

[JDNSW]

About thirty years ago a great nephew of mine was jackerooing for an uncle of his. He had just finished a shift on the slasher, and his boss had taken over, when it hit some rocks, making an awful noise. He turned round to see what made the noise and got a rock in the eye.

He is very, very, careful about the other eye (he is a diesel mechanic).

[windsock]

Sorry to hear about your accident , i hope it all goes well. My brother lost the lens out of one of his eyes from a fencing wire recoil. I wear glasses anyway but i am also cautious for other people.
I did find that some chain saw headshields allow you to wear ear muffs with a face shield , This helps quite a bit with debris hitting your face but not perfect for total protection.

Ps i always cut fencing and other wire offcuts into short pieces to stop any chance of recoil happening , takes more time but saves many injuries

Ian
Bittern

Yes, as an ex-fencer I have had many near misses. I was taught to poke the lose end of a wire roll into the ground till it stopped or to bend the end back on itself with the pliers. I always stand on the wire I am cutting and cut it as close to my foot as I can to avoid the wire lashing out. I have had many lacerations on my hands from wire lashing out.

[Meccles]

Sorry to hear of this and thanks all for timely reminders we can take our eyes for granted. [emoji17]

[goingbush]

Eye surgeon visit today, Looks like I'll keep my eye but never have any vision, the lens is gone and too damaged for an implant, better than the glass eye option. Thankfully vision in other eye is good so still OK to drive, but reversing the caravan might be an issue with no depth perception.

Strange thing is the eye was brown before and now bright blue, I always wear sunnies so no one will notice but I had a Dog the same.

[Slunnie]

Well, I think heterochromia is pretty cool. :lol2:

[skidrov]

Where's the "hmm that sucks but glad you seem to be taking it well" button.... [emoji2957]