Co-workers or other people inflicted nearly 2,000 eye injuries on workers. Vending machines caused more than 100 lost-day hand injuries. And 52 workers injured their hands while walking, according to the statistics. Since hazard assessments and training can't prepare workers for every freak accident, keeping protective wear on in any work environment is the solution some propose. But injuries also happen to people walking through an area.
Someone glances over and focuses on a welder's flash, for example.
It's often the unexpected that causes injuries. Turriff's organization encourages workers to wear eye protection near any possible hazard, not just when they're required to. But for safety managers who have a tough enough time getting workers to don proper PPE for hazardous jobs, that's sure to sound unrealistic. This article might help your efforts to motivate employees. Statistics show how pervasive eye and hand injuries are.