Avoidable Eye Injuries Cost $300 Million Annually

Each day many workers "bypass" vision safety precautions. At the end of the day, almost 2,000 are going to the hospital or home with eye injuries that were avoidable, according to a new study from The Vision Council and the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE). The study, called Eye Safety At-a-Glance: Protecting Your Vision at Work, notes that those injuries cost American business about $300 million annually in medical bills, compensation and downtime but not including lost productivity.  The study also points out that private industry employees lose about 27,000 days at work--never mind the time they lose with their families as they recuperate.