Why should you have to wear safety glasses while working? If you are working with hazardous chemicals or anything that might break and send small particles into the air you need safety glasses or goggles to avoid getting anything in your eyes. Blindness can occur when the eye is unprotected from chemical splashes. Even if something doesn't go directly into the eye but in the area of the eye, you may still have damage if you accidentally wipe your eye and the substance gets swept into it.

If you are working with glass or mechanical parts that could break, you can prevent most eye injuries by wearing your safety glasses. It's also important that you don't rely on sunglasses or prescription glasses to protect your eyes because they are not designed for impact or splashes. There are some very stylish safety glasses out there for those who want to look good on the job and there are even glasses with reading magnification strips for those with vision problems. If you need more than reading glasses, you can buy a pair of glasses that have an insert that you can have your eye doctor put prescription lenses into. There are even safety glasses you can put over your regular prescription glasses!

So there is really no excuse for not protecting your eyes when you see all that is available.