Eye Injuries at Work in Vermont Show Employers the Importance of Eyesight Safety

We all use our eyes every day on the job, whether it is to analyze reports in the office, install lights in a building, or drill and hammer something on the construction site. Eyesight is extremely important in our daily lives as employees, no matter what type of job we do.

However, injuries to eyes occur frequently, especially to those in the construction, manufacturing, production, installation, trade, maintenance, repair, and service industries. Workers who are most at risk of sustaining eye injuries on the job in Vermont are men, ages 25 to 44.

According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), there are hazards found in almost every industry that could potentially harm workers' eyes. In 2008, data from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses found that injuries to the eyes accounted for 37 percent of all head injuries and 62 percent of all face injuries, of which workers missed days away from work. These injuries totaled 27,450 nonfatal work injuries throughout the nation that year that involved the eye(s), and men made up about 81 percent of eye injury cases.

Common Types of Vermont Workplace Eye Injuries include:

  • Eyes rubbed by dirt particles and splinters
  • Eyes scraped by metal chips or other foreign matter
  • Eyes struck by flying objects
  • Eyes contacted skin or other exposed tissue
  • Eyes exposed to welding light
  • Eyes injured from chemical burns

Eyesight Safety

In jobs that employees are working around potential hazards, OSHA requires that workers be provided with eye protection that is properly fitted to each person in order to prevent an eye injury at work. This is critical for the lower workers, as they have incurred the most eye injuries, according to the data.

  • Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers
  • Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

Following these specific job positions, the work groups and industries that are at the next highest risk for incurring an eye injury at work in Vermont include production, construction and extraction, service, maintenance and repair, transportation, and material moving occupations.

What Can You Do If Your Eye is Injured in a Vermont Work Accident?

If your employer, general contractor, owner of your company, or boss didn't provide you with the proper safety gear, and your eyes were injured as a result, you may be entitled to compensation for your physical injuries.

Please contact a Vermont workers' compensation lawyer at the Law Office of Charles Powell to schedule a free, no-obligation discussion of your case at 877-295-7773.




Charles L. Powell represents injured workers throughout Vermont and is available to speak with injured workers in all Vermont counties and towns including:
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