Vision loss and severe eye injuries occur all too often in today’s workplaces. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), each day, about 2,000 U.S. workers sustain a job-related eye injury that requires medical treatment. Due to the severity and frequency of these injuries, there is no room for shortcuts or excuses when it comes to protecting your eyes on the job. There are many ways to protect yourself from an eye injury, but safety glasses are the most common and arguably the simplest safeguard for protecting your eyes from injury.

Job sites pose many dangers for the individuals who must walk through them. Trip hazards, dust, slick conditions, and dropped objects are just a few of the many possible hazards present for those individuals walking around a construction site. A major hazard that can result in serious injury or fatalities for workers on the ground is mobile equipment operations.

Since we use our hands for virtually every task we do at work, they are commonly injured on the job. Taking hand safety seriously is critical.