February is workplace eye safety month

The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) has declared February as Workplace Eye Safety Month and they’ve compiled some resources to help drive home the point that 90 percent of all work-related eye injuries are preventable.

We didn't bring you the news sooner because last year this observance occurred in March. We were alerted of the change in months by several queries to our search engine. Sorry for any confusion.

What's not confusing, however, is how an important an issue eye safety is, and it would be just as well if heightened awareness was practiced in the workplace every month. Revisit last year's post for work eye safety resources and we've compiled some additional resources for 2005:

NIOSH - Eye Protection for Infection Control
NIOSH - Eye Safety Tool Box Talk - Instructor’s Guide
OSHA - Eye and Face protection e-tool
NASD - Eye Protection Training for Employees (in English, French or Spanish)
NASD - Eye Protection for Farmers
Madison Area Technical College - Eye Safety Bulletin (PDF)
Occupational Hazards - Don't Lose Sight of Eye Safety
Ohio State University Medical Center - Eye Safety at the Computer
Industrial Safety & Hygiene News - Eye Safety In Construction
Industrial Safety & Hygiene News - Focused on eye safety
Vietnamese - Eye Protection brochure (PDF)
Spanish - Seguridad De Los Ojos En El Sitio De Trabajo
Spanish - Protección Para Los Ojos