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    well i will add to this i have had my eyes burnt from hot steel from a mig welding and from gas welding put a line rigth down the middle with the mig and burnt a small hole in my eye gass welding not on the lens. i have have them pick with a needles and the small dumore grinder the first time they did this to me they did not numb it. have not add it up but 4 times for hot steel and many times for steel over 5 times and all the time i had glass on and one time i was washing my hair and some steel fell out of my hair and went right in my eye . i now i wear a welding hat if i do any welding or grinding but the last time i was so happy i had them on .i have a belt sand with a belt on one side and a 8 inch disc on the other side i am using the belt and i hear tinny sound look over and the disc came off and hit me right in the face it hit me good the one side of my face was scratch abit not bad but it felt like at first it took my lip and cut it in 1/2 but did not just cut it abit i was so happy i could see and my face was not all cut up to bad but when i pick the glass off the ground i got sick the hole one side of the glasses was ground up the lens look like you just put it thru a ginder if i did not have them on i would not have a eye and some of my face i now am 42 and so thankfull i still have my eyes
    Last edited by pat mccarthy; 05-21-2006 at 04:39 PM.

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