Eye Protection and Logging / Saws

[submarinesailor]

Check there out at Gemplers: http://www.gemplers.com/product/MAX8/MAX-Earplugs-Corded-100-Pair

I realy like these.  Of all the ones that I have used over the years; these are the best.  Which reminds me, I need to order an other box.

Bruce

[zackman1801]

although for a few bucks more you could have this
http://www.baileysonline.com/itemdetail.asp?item=35700
plus it will last longer too.

[Lurcherman]

Back when I worked at a machine shop, one day the foreman walked up to a guy running the next lathe over from me, and said, "I'm ordering some supplies this afternoon - what color glass eye do you want?"

"Huh? What do you mean?" the guy said. And the foreman replied, "What are you, brain dead? If I see you without your safety glasses on again, you're out of a job. I'd rather have you unemployed than missing an eye."

We're required to wear safety glasses everywhere in the plant at work, except office areas and the lunch room. Maybe a little excessive, but I've always worn safety glasses anyway.

Well, last week I was pulling nails from a skid left over from a big piece of machinery just delivered from Austria (I'm bringing that wood home!) and a nail I was pulling out of 6 x 8 flipped up from the crowbar and went smack into the lens of my safety glasses. There was a divot from the nail point dead center of my right pupil. So I went to my office and got a new pair.

I wear safety glasses, ear plugs, and these days a hard hat too when running a saw. I don't like ear muffs because they're hot. Maybe fine in the winter, but not when I'm sweating. Ear plugs are a lot more comfortable for me, and I'm used to them.

[Ed_K]

 Glasses plus the screen, and its great to keep some of the blackflies at bay right now too.

[ohsoloco]

Sub, those are good earplugs.  I've been using a different kind of foam plugs, and I'm less than satisfied with them.  I just happened to find an old pair of the kind you linked to, and the sound reduction is easily noticed.  I think that extra flair at the ends really helps.

I've only had my helmet w/muffs since Feb.  I'm sure I won't want to wear them this summer for extended periods.  It's amazing how warm that helmet and muffs keep your head and ears when it's below freezing.

[jokers]

I've only had my helmet w/muffs since Feb.  I'm sure I won't want to wear them this summer for extended periods.  It's amazing how warm that helmet and muffs keep your head and ears when it's below freezing.

If no impact hazard to your head exists you might want to consider a landscapers face screen and ear muff combo. I use these all the time when I`m bucking logs in a pile and there is no one else around to cause me an unheard approaching hazard. I even have a couple of sets with the radio muffs, which are kind of nice.

You might be pleasantly surprised how much cooler the muffs are without the helmet.

[Justin L]

A local logger lost vision in one eye when he got an infection form a pc of debris cutting trees. It wasn't the impact that hurt him, but the infection. My sis-in-law is an eye Dr so she confirmed the danger of bacteria getting into the eyes. She makes more $ than us woodworkers so I listen

I like earplugs, but after several insert/removals, they don't work as well. I like the E.A.R. brand FYI.

[arojay]

I need prescription lenses so I have a pair of approved safety glasses with side shields.  That is all the eye protection that I normally use.  I have a couple of forestry skid lids with muffs and screens but I rarely use them for a couple of reasons.  One is that my glasses fog up and freeze constantly with the screen down.  Two is the aforementioned spit problem.  I must be a little sensitive to pollen and dust etc. as my sinuses will block up sometimes.  When that stuff lets go and you spit it through a frozen screen you soon get over the advantages of the screen.  I use full brim lids now and my safety glasses and I don't have any more trouble with stuff getting in my eyes than I did with the screen.  I use deci damps or other similar earplugs.  I usually have more trouble staying cool enough not to be wet with sweat in the winter, so I only use a hard hat liner in the coldest of weather.