I was in the shop about to take a cutting board out of the clamps. I had it leaning up against the work bench and bent down to pick it up. I had a quick clamp holding a cauld on the edge. When I picked it up it slipped in my hand and tried to re-grip. When I did I jerked the clamp up and it hit my right lens of my glasses. Thankful all it did was put a huge scratch right in the middle. Had I not had them on it would have been right in the middle of my eye.

Went and ordered a new lens but it will be two weeks before it come it. That scratch is right in my vision but I am managing.

I am glad when I ordered them I have the safety lens put in them.

You just never know when or where it will happen.

When it was time to get new glasses I got some safety ones. My wife wasn't wild about them because they are so big. They are alittle heavy but they don't scratch. My regular glasses have the plastic lens and I really don't like those. The last pair of those that I had got so many little tiny scratches in them so I've tried to be careful with my new ones and only use the cloth to clean them. I've still got scratches on them, not sure how some of them even get there, they just show up. I've got some dried finish drops on the safety pair that I need to try to get off, but they don't bother me so I've put it off. Maybe a dab of lacquer thinner will take it off.

I'm with you Roy, I don't know how some of those get there. I guess it is the friction cased by moving so fast the dust in the air just scratches them.

I am just thankful I had mine on. I used to be bad to not wear them but as I have gotten a little older and need that help reading those small lines on the rulers it was just easier to wear them all the time.

I have to take mine off to read or see the little lines, so it's a constant on and off and where did I put them. But I do have them on 95% of the time when I'm operating anything that throws chips, I may leave them off for sanding and finishing because I'd like to see what I'm doing.

John Moody said:

I'm with you Roy, I don't know how some of those get there. I guess it is the friction cased by moving so fast the dust in the air just scratches them.

I am just thankful I had mine on. I used to be bad to not wear them but as I have gotten a little older and need that help reading those small lines on the rulers it was just easier to wear them all the time.

After working in a power plant for nearly 40 years, I can recall so many times that people had an eye or eyes saved by things like you showed. That includes me too. I can't say anything that would encourage the use of safety glasses more than a picture like yours. I do remember one of my friends that had a flying piece of steel penetrate and stick in his glasses many years ago. The company circulated a picture of him holding his glasses with the piece of steel still in them. That picture did more to promote the use of safety glasses than any amount of safety meetings we ever had.

My safety glasses include a bifocal lens for those close up things I need to see. Roy, I would encourage you to look into getting some. Rockler has them and they are available at many places on the web.