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Understanding Risk Tolerance: Why some workers don’t wear safety eyewear

By Glyn Jones, for Eyesafe/Alberta Association of Optometrists Although safety eyewear has a been fixture on most worksites for decades, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) reports that every day 700 Canadian workers sustain eye injuries on the job. Each injury costs Canadian employers between $1,000 and $80,000… Read More

Top 8 Ways to Ensure Summertime Eye Safety & Eye Health

What are you doing to protect your eyes this summer? While we all pull out the hats and sunscreen, our eyes are often neglected. Summer happens fast in Alberta, and we need to be ready to take full advantage of the great outdoors. With increased daylight hours, we tend to… Read More

How millennials are shaping the future of safety eyewear

Today’s workforce is different than it has ever been with four generational cohorts at work together– Baby Boomers (born 1946-1963), Gen-Xers (born 1964-1980), Generation-Y (born 1980-1995) and Generation-Z (born after 1995). Social, cultural, and political factors shape the individual values, work ethics, needs and wants of these four groups. They… Read More

Systems Thinking – Integrating safety eyewear into the PPE program at work

For most trades, coming to the worksite with safety boots, hard hats, and even high visibility vests or clothing is second nature — they just put them on as they leave home and never think twice about it again until the end of the day. It just isn’t the same… Read More

Employee on jobsite wearing safety glasses

The lens treatment that’s right for your job. Managing lighting levels and glare, inside and out.

Technological advances in terms of style and fashion have made having the newest and coolest safety eyewear both functional and easier to wear. A major change has been the advances in lens tints, colour and coatings for safety eyewear. The seemingly endless options make it much easier to ensure safety… Read More

Worker in industrial facility wearing hard hat and safety eyewaer

What makes sealed, cushioned, and close-fitting safety glasses important to the job? Here’s the difference.

Hundreds of Canadian workers sustain eye injuries every day and flying particles account for the majority of these injuries. This isn’t always about large particles, in fact in most cases the injuries are caused by very fine particles such as dust. Wearing the right personal protective equipment (PPE) is important… Read More

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Thickness Matters! Here’s what you need to know about your safety glass lenses.

Did you know that more than 700 Canadian workers sustain eye injuries every day? Flying particles and sparks from welding and grinding operations account for 70% of these injuries and more than 50% of these objects are smaller than the head of a pin1 and can be removed by an… Read More

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Comfort versus Protection – Finding the right balance in safety eyewear

Workplace-related eye injuries are all too common and happen more than 200 times each day in Canada.1 These injuries affect Canadian workers of all ages and genders across almost every industry, and the saddest part of this statistic is that the largest majority of these injuries could have been prevented… Read More

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Eye Safety Toolbox Talks – Getting the message out to Everyone!

Education, training, and general awareness of eye safety are keys to any safety program / policy. The question is: How do we get the eye safety message out to all front-line employees, the people providing the service work or doing the production, manufacturing, or construction work? These are the individuals… Read More

Close up of shattered lens of a pair of safety glasses showing the value of eye protection. Horizontal format with white background.

Some great reasons to NOT fix your safety eyewear!

While the expense of new safety eyewear is a cost consideration, it is important employees be warned against trying to use damaged safety eyewear or try to repair damaged safety eyewear. The resourceful side of each of us wants to ensure efficiency and cut costs, but when it comes to… Read More

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