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Each day in the United States, roughly 2000 workers receive injuries to their eyes while at work. These injuries range from mild irritation and temporary damage to permanent loss of sight or permanently impaired vision.
Most of the injuries to eyes that occur on a daily basis are due to pieces of a work site hitting the eyes. This can mean shards of glass, pieces of metal, slivers of wood, or particles of dust falling from above or being kicked out by whatever the worker is working on. Other injuries to the eyes can be cause by nails hitting a person in the face or by larger objects hitting the eye area.
In addition to the injuries that can be caused to eyes by actual particles, chemicals in many workplaces are also capable of doing damage. Most of the injuries from chemicals are seen in the form of chemical burns. Finally, welders and people who work with other very hot, very bright objects can have light damage done to their eyes.
Most workplaces have some form of eye safety procedures in place to protect the eyes of their employees. Unfortunately, many of these eye safety policies are either not enforced or are incomplete, which leaves the eyes of workers vulnerable to attacks from chemicals, light, and particles.
When injuries occur to the eye, they are always dangerous. The eyes are not equipped with a lot of blood supply and so take a long time to heal and are very vulnerable to infections once they are injured. As a consequence, many supposedly minor injuries can have major consequences.
Contact a Boston Workers' Compensation Attorney
If you or a loved one have had your vision seriously impacted by a workplace eye injury, contact the Boston workers' compensation attorneys of Pulgini & Norton at 1-888-344-2046 to discuss your situation and to learn about the workers' compensation system.
