Every Independence Day, millions of Americans gather together to celebrate liberty and witness the spectacle of a fireworks display. It’s great fun to see those colorful patterns of light in the sky. However, all too often, fireworks cause injuries that prevent people from enjoying the experience ever again. A great number of the accidents…
Tag: eye safety
Don’t Leave Your Eye Protection In The Dugout
Baseball is a favorite springtime sport for many children and adults. When that sunshine hits the grass and a crisp spring breeze is in the air, baseball enthusiasts gather their bats, helmets, and gloves and hit the field. Unfortunately, too many people forget to pack one of the most important pieces of safety gear –…
Five Tips for Protecting Your Eyes on The Job
Safety in the workplace involves much more than avoiding slips, falls, and heavy lifting. It also includes taking precautions to protect your eyes. It is important that you wear appropriate eye protection to stay on the job and out of the emergency room. Each day, about 2,000 workers in the United States sustain a job-related…
Give the Gift of Eye Safety
Everyone knows that famous line from A Christmas Story – “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!”. While Ralphie didn’t shoot his eye out, his Red Ryder carbine action two-hundred shot range model air rifle was still a dangerous toy that could have damaged more than just his glasses. While exchanging gifts this season, keep your…
What to Consider When Buying Sunglasses
Sunglasses are often considered a fashion accessory, or something to make you look “cool”, but they’re actually very important in protecting your eyes from harmful UV rays. Here’s five quick tips on what you need to consider when buying sunglasses, and don’t worry, you can still find something that does both protect your eyes and…
Eye Exam Month – End the Summer on a Healthy Note
Even though summer is shortly coming to an end, the sun is still out and UV rays haven’t gotten any less harmful. It is important to take precautions to guarantee your eye health and transition into the fall with great vision. Start with an eye exam. August is National Eye Exam Month. According to the…
Whether You’re Lighting Fireworks or Just Watching – Keep Your Families Eye’s Safe This Independence Day
Enjoying the three F’s… Family, frankfurters, and fireworks – all the highlight of Independence Day, but one of them can do seriously more harm. In the most recent fireworks injury report from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 11,400 fireworks related injuries occurred this past year where victims needed emergency room treatment, and 1 in…
Eye Health: Allergies & Ultraviolet
Each month we like to bring you facts and helpful tips relating to eye health and the National Health Observances Calendar. This month, May 2015, three separate observances are critically important to eye health. These include: Healthy Vision Month: Join National Eye Institute in learning how to make eye health a priority. National Asthma &…
Keep Your Eyes Safe While Working
In 2013 the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported over 22,000 eye injuries in the workplace resulting in lost work. This statistic doesn’t even take into account the eye injuries not resulting in loss work, or continuous eye strain that may be a result of unhealthy habits in the workplace. That’s why Prevent Blindness America has…
December is Safe Toys and Gifts Month
Everyone here at Corrective Eye would like to remind everybody that December is Safe Toys and Gifts Month. It is very important to keep your children’s safety in mind when you are shopping this Holiday season. More often than you know it accidents that involve children and toys occur and can result in injury to…