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Too many workers who wear eye protection still suffer injuries. Here's help on how to determine when more protection is needed.
OSHA lists two major reasons for eye injuries at work: not wearing eye protection or wearing the wrong kind of protection for the job.
Laser safety is the avoidance of laser accidents, especially those involving eye injuries. Since even relatively small amounts of laser light can lead to permanent eye injuries, the sale and usage of lasers is typically subject to official regulations.
A person exposed to laser radiation (especially invisible radiation) may be unaware that damage is occurring. Some lasers are so powerful that even the diffuse reflection from a surface can be hazardous to the eye. Laser radiation predominantly causes eye injury via thermal effects on the retina. A transient increase of only 10 °C can destroy retinal photoreceptors.
