Comments for MSA SafetyWorks Weblog http://msasafetyworks.wordpress.com MSA Safety Squad's North American Summer Tour Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:22:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Safe kids! by Debbie Bohn http://msasafetyworks.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/safe-kids/#comment-20 Debbie Bohn Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:22:07 +0000 http://msasafetyworks.wordpress.com/?p=39#comment-20 I have a story to share about the use of proper safety glasses. They do work, but you have to wear the correct ones for the job! My fiancee works a company which is devoted to safety! He is very safety conscience at work and at home. He always wears his protective eyewear(unfortunately there was a time when he took them off for a split second. That is when the unfortunate event happened!) He was under our basement steps installing some shelving, using a nail gun. He had the necessary personal protective gear on, gloves, safetyglasses, etc. However, he decided to remove his glasses so that he could see better. (According to him, it was too dark under there. According to me, he shouldn't have been wearing tinted glasses indoors!) In a split second, he removed his tinted safety glasses and then discharged the nail. The nail hit a knot in the wood, turned completely around, and with a great deal of force, proceded to came toward his eye, point first. That nail hit him square in the eyeball, punctured it and then fell out and onto the floor. He ended up at the eye center at Johns Hopkins. His eyeball was slowly deflating. If it wouldn't have stopped leaking when it did, they would have had to stich the hole. Over a period of a week or so and some visits to Johns Hopkins, the eye finally stopped leaking. His was very lucky! He no longer has 20/20 vision but he still has his eye! He still wears his safety glasses for inside the home projects but they definitely aren't tinted. I have a story to share about the use of proper safety glasses. They do work, but you have to wear the correct ones for the job! My fiancee works a company which is devoted to safety! He is very safety conscience at work and at home. He always wears his protective eyewear(unfortunately there was a time when he took them off for a split second. That is when the unfortunate event happened!) He was under our basement steps installing some shelving, using a nail gun. He had the necessary personal protective gear on, gloves, safetyglasses, etc. However, he decided to remove his glasses so that he could see better. (According to him, it was too dark under there. According to me, he shouldn’t have been wearing tinted glasses indoors!) In a split second, he removed his tinted safety glasses and then discharged the nail. The nail hit a knot in the wood, turned completely around, and with a great deal of force, proceded to came toward his eye, point first. That nail hit him square in the eyeball, punctured it and then fell out and onto the floor. He ended up at the eye center at Johns Hopkins. His eyeball was slowly deflating. If it wouldn’t have stopped leaking when it did, they would have had to stich the hole. Over a period of a week or so and some visits to Johns Hopkins, the eye finally stopped leaking. His was very lucky! He no longer has 20/20 vision but he still has his eye! He still wears his safety glasses for inside the home projects but they definitely aren’t tinted.

]]> Comment on MSA Safety Squad Tour Schedule by Jacquie Strand http://msasafetyworks.wordpress.com/msa-safety-squad-tour-schedule/#comment-14 Jacquie Strand Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:39:29 +0000 http://msasafetyworks.wordpress.com/?page_id=38#comment-14 What a clever idea!! I wish this would have been around when I was in college! Are you planning to come to Oregon anytime? I am a safety professional and this would appeal to so many young workers. Not only that, but taking safety home!!! What an innovative idea! What a clever idea!! I wish this would have been around when I was in college! Are you planning to come to Oregon anytime? I am a safety professional and this would appeal to so many young workers. Not only that, but taking safety home!!! What an innovative idea!

]]> Comment on Safe kids! by Rafael Silva http://msasafetyworks.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/safe-kids/#comment-7 Rafael Silva Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:52:04 +0000 http://msasafetyworks.wordpress.com/?p=39#comment-7 Hey group!!! That is very good blog, we are following you from Central America, we hope you are doing a great job, having everyone in sight concern about safety, and letting them know the good safety products you promote. Keep up the Safety Bug rolling and visiting more and more places to make more people aware of safety. Great blog, excellent PR for MSA!!! Best reagrds, Rafael Silva, Sr Hey group!!! That is very good blog, we are following you from Central America, we hope you are doing a great job, having everyone in sight concern about safety, and letting them know the good safety products you promote.

Keep up the Safety Bug rolling and visiting more and more places to make more people aware of safety.

Great blog, excellent PR for MSA!!! Best reagrds,

Rafael Silva, Sr

]]> Comment on The ‘cuse by quinnjohn http://msasafetyworks.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/the-cuse/#comment-6 quinnjohn Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:02:35 +0000 http://msasafetyworks.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-6 Actually, I'm not sure what a ponit is, but I guess you get the point. Actually, I’m not sure what a ponit is, but I guess you get the point.

]]> Comment on The ‘cuse by quinnjohn http://msasafetyworks.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/the-cuse/#comment-5 quinnjohn Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:58:16 +0000 http://msasafetyworks.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-5 I thought the high ponit of the Syracuse trip would be the Haufmann Hots hot dogs!? I thought the high ponit of the Syracuse trip would be the Haufmann Hots hot dogs!?

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