Thread: Eye safety - be bloody careful

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).

Originally Posted by 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

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.

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

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.

Well, I think heterochromia is pretty cool.