Employers must commit time, energy and resources to purchasing and providing PPE to their employees. Yet, an estimated 2,000 work-related eye injuries occur every day in the United States, with studies showing 90% of those injuries are preventable. More than 75% of those injuries are from employees choosing to not wear the eye protection provided for the task.
Most employees want to work in a safe manner. So why do these preventable eye injuries keep occurring? How do we reduce the frequency and severity of these injuries?
Click HERE to read “The Eyes Have It: Protecting Employee Vision with PPE” from OH&S.
