Eye Protection Toolbox Talk
Eye injuries happen in a split second and many of them cause permanent damage. A flying chip from a grinder, a splash of cement or a nail can take your sight. Almost every eye injury on site happens to someone who was not wearing eye protection, or was wearing the wrong kind.
Takes about 5 minutes.
Key points to read out
- Wear safety glasses rated to CSA Z94.3 whenever you are on site.
- Grinding, chasing and cutting need a face shield over your safety glasses.
- Use sealed goggles for dust, chemical splashes and overhead drilling.
- Welding and cutting need the right shade lens. Welding flash burns the eyes of people nearby too.
- Ordinary glasses are not safety glasses. Get prescription safety glasses or wear over-glasses.
- Keep lenses clean and replace scratched ones. Use anti-fog lenses if fogging makes you take them off.
- Know where the eyewash is. For chemicals and cement, flush for at least 15 minutes and get medical help.
- Do not rub your eye if something is in it. If something is stuck in the eye, do not remove it. Cover both eyes and get medical help.
Questions to ask the crew
- Which jobs today need more than safety glasses?
- Where is the eyewash station on this site?
- What would you do if cement splashed into someone's eye?
- Are anyone's glasses scratched or fogging up?
Sign-in sheet
Print this page or download the sign-in sheet. Or run it in the app and the crew signs on the phone.
| Name | Company | Signature |
|---|---|---|
Get it signed
Run this talk in the app. The crew signs on your phone and you get a dated attendance record as a PDF.