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Online Eye Safety course covering the fundamentals of eye safety and explains why it is essential in the workplace.
The Echo3 Hand Safety training helps staff understand the importance of constant vigilance and compliance with eye safety best practices. Each year in the UK, around 500 reportable eye injuries occur, with up to 20% resulting in disabling injuries due to temporary or permanent vision loss. Notably, three out of every five workers who suffer an eye injury were not wearing eye protection at the time of the accident.
Many of these injuries are easily preventable simply by wearing the correct eye protection. This Hand Safety course emphasises the importance of using appropriate eye protection at work to reduce the risk of injury.
All employees who are exposed to hazards that have the potential to cause an eye injury will benefit from this course.
For example:
On completion of this online Eye Safety training learners will know:
Three out of every five workers who suffered an eye injury wore no eye protection at the time of accident. And, of those who did, 40% wore the wrong type.
So, it’s important that employers provide the correct eye protection to employees and those employees know how to use them correctly.
Activities that require eye protection should be identified by employers as part of the Risk Assessment process.
There are 3 main laws and regulations, outlining what employers must do to keep employees safe from eye injuries in the workplace.
Namely the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (1999). and the Personal Protective Equipment Regulations (2002).
Potential hazards at workplace that could cause eye injuries mostly include flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapours, potentially infected material, or potentially harmful light radiation.
According to statistics, almost 70% of accidents result from flying or falling objects or sparks striking the eye.
It is estimated that nearly three-fifths of the objects are smaller than a pin head.
Contact with chemicals, splashed liquids or flying chemical particles causes 20% of eye injuries.
Other accidents are caused by objects swinging from a fixed or attached position, like tree limbs, ropes, chains, or tools which are pulled into the eye.
Failure to wear eye protection is the key factor in most eye injuries.
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