Eye Eye

[toprotter]

I know

Just a reminder for you all the IMPORTANCE of eye protection

 

Spent a few hours down A n E waiting to see if I needed stitches on my eyeball!

 

You really tell from photo but I Tore a chunk out with a dead snapped twig, luckily all's good and I missed my

pupil........

 

Just a moments laps and it could be you:thumbdown:

[burrell_]

i done the same thing in a cony about 8 months ago a small dead twigy bit come round and slapped me in the eye makes u think dont it

is ur sight ok mate mine was fuzzy for 2/3 days

Edited March 27, 2011 by burrell_

[Mesterh]

Ouch!

 

Good to hear its no worse than it is.

 

Ive had a few scratched eye balls, horrible,horrible pain and feeling for a few days.

 

 

 

 

Mrtree is going to have a field day when he sees this thread.

 

[Matthew Arnold]

I've had it happen a few times. Ive even been wearing the visor and goggles and the damn twigs still get in and give you a quick whip. Last time i had to go to hospital to have my eye looked at i had a burning bramble let go as we were turning it in. It slapped me in the left eye and scratched the cornea. Was extremely painful for a week and then just felt like i had grit in there for another 2 weeks.

[oldwoodcutter]

Just after xmas a lad swished some ash brush by me just as ide taken my helmet off for a breather.Turned round to get a facefull of it - thought for a few seconds that he'd blinded me.Eye filled with blood imediatly but after of lot of water and effort the blood slowed.Went to doc that night for ointment and opinion,and it took a week or more to clear.Just the very time i wasn't wearing my specs or helmet.

[log dog]

hi guys i can feel the pain now . if you scratch your eye every time your eye lid closes it feels like its getting scratched again ouuuuch ,

[armchairarborist]

i hate eye scratches, i got a splinter inside my top right eyelid, it was the exact second the pic in my avatar was taken chogging down a wee pear. i got a bit of sawdust in last month and like an idiot rubbed it and made it worse:thumbdown:

[Matthew Arnold]

I hate it aswell when you have the smallest peice of saw chip go into your eye and it feels like half a tree is in there. We always keep our eye wash bottles kept in check in our first aid kits. We have 2 per van (one box, one bum bag). They both have 5 10ml eye wash bottles in and a big bag of saline in each too. It has come in very handy but it dont half smart as its salt water.

[RobArb]

i wear contacts so my eyes are protected:blink:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[toprotter]

Sights fine thankfully !

Eyes do hurt when scratched lol

It happened Thursday still a bit sore,

Having a bit of my eyeball flapping was a bit

Concerning though to say the least.

& robarb are they ppe contacts ? Not sure

They would have done me much good though !

Good luck with them though ;-)