There were more than 18,000 reported eye injuries at work in a recent year in which the injury resulted in the loss of at least 1 day of work. More than half of those injuries involved an object or a particle getting rubbed or abraded on the eye. In over a third of the cases, an object like a piece of metal or equipment like a power tool struck the eye. The injuries could have been avoided with the appropriate eye protection device in most cases.
This training module is for workers who are required to wear eye protection because they are or may be exposed to flying particles or objects, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, molten metal, or hazardous light radiation.
There were more than 18,000 reported eye injuries at work in a recent year in which the injury resulted in the loss of at least 1 day of work. More than half of those injuries involved an object or a particle getting rubbed or abraded on the eye. In over a third of the cases, an object like a piece of metal or equipment like a power tool struck the eye. The injuries could have been avoided with the appropriate eye protection device in most cases.
This training course is for workers who are required to wear eye protection because they are or may be exposed to flying particles or objects, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, molten metal, or hazardous light radiation.
En un año reciente, se notificaron más de 18.000 lesiones oculares en el lugar de trabajo que provocaron la pérdida de al menos un día de labores. Más de la mitad de estas lesiones fueron causadas por objetos o partículas que rasparon o abrasaron el ojo. En más de un tercio de los casos, el ojo recibió el impacto de un objeto—como un fragmento de metal—o de un equipo, tal como una herramienta eléctrica. En la mayoría de las situaciones, estas lesiones se habrían podido evitar mediante el uso de protección ocular adecuada.
Este curso de capacitación está dirigido a trabajadores que deben utilizar protección ocular por estar—o poder estar—expuestos a partículas u objetos proyectados, productos químicos líquidos, ácidos o líquidos cáusticos, gases o vapores químicos, metal fundido o radiación lumínica peligrosa.
