Welding while wearing contact lens

[bigtiller]

I welded for wages for about 6 months, years ago. During my training, the first thing i was asked was if i had on contacts. I said no and asked why. This is what i was told and i have no idea if it actually happened or if it was just a story to spook the new guy;

A production welder had a job that required a long spot weld done very frequently. In order to weld more parts-per-hour, he covered the flash with his gloved hand without wearing his hood. Sometime during the day he took his contacts out and then told his co-worker he couldn't see. The contacts had been fused to his cornea and pieces of them came out with the contacts blinding him.

 

[CNC Dan]

I welded for wages for about 6 months, years ago. During my training, the first thing i was asked was if i had on contacts. I said no and asked why. This is what i was told and i have no idea if it actually happened or if it was just a story to spook the new guy;

A production welder had a job that required a long spot weld done very frequently. In order to weld more parts-per-hour, he covered the flash with his gloved hand without wearing his hood. Sometime during the day he took his contacts out and then told his co-worker he couldn't see. The contacts had been fused to his cornea and pieces of them came out with the contacts blinding him.

Heard the same BS in welding school. It's an "old wives tail".

 

[cqaigy2]

Thanks for the replies. I do, indeed, wear safety glasses when grinding and on anything that can throw stuff at your eyes. At work, we have to keep safety glasses handy at arm's length. I always blamed my bad beads on having to use right handed equipment.:laughing::thumbsup:
hugs, Brandi

K, im using this and the cataracts.

Sorry Honey, i forgot to pickup the, fill in the blank, because the car's cataracts are right handed.

 

[bindian]

K, im using this and the cataracts.

Sorry Honey, i forgot to pickup the, fill in the blank, because the car's cataracts are right handed.

Make that.............the car's hi beams...............
hugs, Brandi

 

[dntfxr]

I've always welded with contacts in, never a problem.

 

[Big Barn]

"Blind in one eye and can't see out of the other." .......favorite saying of full time mechanic we used to have on the farm.

Terry

 

[flusher]

Back in high school agriculture class, I learned to arc weld. Back then, we were told to not wear contact lens while welding. With today's auto darkening hoods, can you wear contacts with no effects on the contact lens and you eyes?
hugs, Brandi

Yep. But wear a pair of wraparound sunglasses (yellow tint, polarized, UV400 rating or better) to protect your eyes from reflected UV radiation that can get inside your hood.

I had cataract surgery 4 years ago in which flexible plastic prescription lenses were inserted into the lens cavities of my eyes. You have to protect those lenses from UV exposure whenever you are in sunlight and while welding and cutting with your plasma torch.

None of this crap you see on TV in those auto modification shows where those rednecks tack weld with wire feed welders and no eye protection except their closed eyelids.

Good luck

 

[bindian]

Yep. But wear a pair of wraparound sunglasses (yellow tint, polarized, UV400 rating or better) to protect your eyes from reflected UV radiation that can get inside your hood.

I had cataract surgery 4 years ago in which flexible plastic prescription lenses were inserted into the lens cavities of my eyes. You have to protect those lenses from UV exposure whenever you are in sunlight and while welding and cutting with your plasma torch.

None of this crap you see on TV in those auto modification shows where those rednecks tack weld with wire feed welders and no eye protection except their closed eyelids.

Good luck

Flusher, I will look into wraparound sunglasses, yellow tint, polarized, UV400 rating or better.
hugs, Brandi