…Glasses are just a normal item to me as well…On in the morning and as Ed indicates off at night. The safety part of it really brings up my attention…Having been around the auto industry for years {before retirement}, and safety glasses was a must when anyplace except in the office area…and now I cringe seeing many programs on TV that violate that improtant safety item…The one that comes to mind most is the motorcycle shows and so much work being done in a shop and many workers don’t have any kind of glasses on…etc…No protection what so ever. Even sometimes welding…!
I agree with Overmod, Ed and Modelcar: contacts are not always the answer.
I have worn glasses since I was about ten yrs. old. Three years ago, I had to
have eye surgery, and have cornea implants in both eyes. The doctor even
said that I still needed to wear glasses, because they protect better than
contacts.
The jobs that I have done over the years, would/could not have been done
with contacts.
I’ve worn glasses since I was 10 years old (a very long tiime ago) and my beloved wears contacts. She and I have a running joke that she’s a living ad against my getting contacts since she has so much trouble with them.
Hardened lenses have been standard for a long time and my regular glasses met company safety regs at several summer jobs in my college days when eye protection was required.
All I know is that glasses saved my vision also. I was working for a small locomotive rebuilder called RELCO in the mid 90’s and was helping press a wheel onto the axle and the wheel shattered I had 2 pieces of the wheel hit me one on the face and one in the foot. Saftey shoes and saftey glasses kept me safer than I would have been. Only injurie I recived was a small cut on my face that a band aid took care of.
I wouldn’t mind if Railroad employees haveing any kind of glasses but, the real people that need glasses are REFS especially HOCKEY REFS and linesmen.
kevin
It’s a blury mess for me . . .[;)]
Glasses are the way to go. I have worn safety glasses for a long time and steel toe boots as well. It has saved me more than once. Contacts are not good in high wind and dust environment like locomotive cabs.
LC
LC,
I couldn’t agree with you more. I often wore contacts w/ tinted safety glasses on the job because I had better periferal vision than with glasses. But, when riding in a locomotive cab at high speeds I often had to take them out and put on my glasses. I’m about as blind as they come 20/1000 left eye and 20/800 right eye. I take out my vision aids and the world is one big blur, but Christmas Trees look really cool! I found my contacts more helpful when working in the yard where having as much periferial vision as I could was helpful. And it was rare to have something blow up underneath my safety glasses onto my contact lenses. Everyone is going to have their own preference, mine was dependant on the situation.
REFEREE; from the Arabic words “rif ri”, meaning “he who looks the other way”. My brother once opined, after I got my rugby referee’s badge, that I was now certified blind. Nevertheless, I did wear my glasses while refereeing, although I never did while I was playing the game, rucks and mauls are hard on the face.
The officials are the people who keep the games people play just games.
A world of hurt also applies to those nifty hardhats. [;)] Especially when going DOwn into the nose of a convention cab unit. Much better for the hardhat to absorb the knock than your head. [B)]
Yes, it’s a wonder that they are not all blind!
Contact lenses do not protect against flying particles or liquid drops or sprays. I can’t recall any factory that I have had business dealings with that do not require eye protection. Even I as a visitor am required to wear the same as the employees, usually those safety glasses that can be worn over nomal glasses. Some prohibit wearing of contact lenses.
I am surprised no one has said anything about football refs. [}:)] [;)] [8D]
I have seen engineers wearing glasses. In this area I don’t believe train crews are required to wear safety glass, but some do. The DO wear hearing protection though.
I find it interesting that if you wear glasses, you must get safetly glasses, but if you’re vision is fine, then you don’t need any eye protection whatsoever (as a locomotive engineer). Just an observation [:)].
Sincerely,
Daniel Parks
During this same time period 1960/1970’s, the Ilinois Central and the Southern Rwy would not hire anyone who had prescription lenses, but if you had them prescribed after you were a full employee they would accept them. I guess not that safety glasses are required, it has become a mooot point. But to railfan there was no glaasses requirement!
I have a pair of the no-line bifocal safety (impact resistant) glasses. Best purchase I ever made!
Mook, you crack me up!
I just got my new pair the translutions and I love them just the right amount of tint when operating durring the day and when night fall comes I can not tell they are turning.
Rodney