[AT] Arc Welding ? CORRECTION

[Phil Auten]

Yes, I am 100% serious. However, after thinking about this for a while,
I remembered that safety glasses were involved, and it may have been
a bystander that this happened to. We were all required to wear safety
glasses while doing pretty much any kind of work involving tools and
Texas Instruments provided us with safety glasses. Some of these
had astigmatism correction built into the otherwise plain lenses and
I seem to remember that this was the cause of the problem. So, if you
wear contacts, don't weld with one of the magnifying hoods. It has the
potential to cause a problem. Remove the contacts and use regular
glasses under the hood. Better safe than sorry.

Phil

At 06:32 PM 11/10/04, you wrote:
> >>This brings back to mind the warning we got a few years ago
> >>about welding
> >>while wearing contact lenses. DON'T DO IT! It seems that the
> >>welding helmet
> >>combined with the contacts caused the contacts to be "welded"
> >>to the corneas.
> >>Not a good thing. Let's be careful out there!
> >>
> >>Phil
>
>Are you serious? Can you please direct me to a website or some other source.
>I've been doing that for a few years off and on.