This document discusses eye protection and injuries. It begins by welcoming attendees to World Optometry Day on March 23rd and lists group members. It then provides information on eye anatomy, common eye injuries, reasons for work-related injuries, treatment for injuries, and protective measures like goggles, sunglasses and eyewear. The document emphasizes the importance of eye protection, consulting doctors, and first aid for emergencies. It concludes with slogans about eye safety.

1. WELCOME

2. WORLD OPTOMETRY
DAY
MARCH 23RD

3. EYE
PROTECTION

4. GROUP MEMBERS
• Fathima Ismail
• Fathimath Haseeba
• Haritha K.
• Haritha T. V.
• Jahana Sherin
• Kavya K.
• K. P. Rishna Babu
• Marfeena
• Murshida T. K.
• Noora
• Rarisha T. P.
• Sakkariya

5. eye
An eye is an important and the only part which help us
to see the whole things in the world.
DID ANYONE THINK ABOUT EYE?
Or DID ANYONE THINK ABOUT LIFE WITHOUT
EYE?

6. PARTS OF EYE
• CORNEA
• PUPIL
• LENS
• IRIS
• SCLERA
• RETINA
• OPTIC NERVE
• CHOROID
• OPTIC DISC
• BLOOD VESSELS
• MACULA
• VITREOUS

7. VARIOUS INJURIES CAUSING OUR EYES
• From work place by foreign objects or chemicals
• UV light or infrared radiation exposure
• Burns from streams
• Flying wood or metal chips
• Infectious disease
• When contact with swinging objects from a fixed or
attached position ; e.g. tree limbs, ropes etc.

8. REASONS OF INJURIES AT WORK PLACES
• Not wearing eye protector
• Wearing the wrong kind of protector
• Unaware of the safety measures
• Following the wrong safety measures
• Unaware of injuries

9. PROBLEMS OF OUR EYES AFTER INJURY
• Vision becomes blur.
• Loss your eye sight.
• Cataract may occur.
• Chemicals entering the eye causes infectious
disease.

10. HOW TO CURE FROM THESE INJURY?
• When particle in the eye:
a) Do not rub the eye
b) Close the eye, bandage it lightly and seek medical care
• Blows to the eye:
a) Seek medical care if severe pain or reduced vision
b) Apply cold compressor without putting pressure on the eye
• Cuts and punctures to the eye or eyelid:
a) Do not wash out the eye
b) Do not attempt to remove object that stuck in the eye
c) Cover the eye with a rigid shield

11. PROTECTIVE MEASURES
• Use an anti-glare screen on your monitor.
• If your eyes are dry, blink more.
• Eye protectors used in sports like cycling, swimming,
etc.
• Use infection control glasses.
• Eye shields are used in external beam radiotherapy.
• Keep your safety eye wear in good condition and
replace if it become damaged.
• Should know the eye safety dangers at our work
place.

14. CONSULT DOCTOR
CONSULT YOUR EYE DOCTOR WHENEVER YOU FEEL
IRRITATION IN YOUR EYES AND REGULARLY AND USE
GLASSES ONLY AFTER THE PERMISSION OF AN
OPTOMETRIST .

15. PROTECTION AGAINST LIGHT:
• Use sun glasses - protects against UV light
• Use laser protection eye wear - filter light of
particular wavelength
• Use welding glass – protects against glare and
flying sparks

16. COMPUTER VISION SYNDROME:
• Condition which results from focusing the eyes on a computer
for many hours.
• Symptoms :
 head ache
 Blurred vision
 Neck pain
 Redness in the eye
 Eye strain
 Dry eyes
 Double vision
 Difficulty in refocusing the eyes
• These symptoms also occurs because of improper lighting
condition or air moving past the eyes.

17. EAT FOR GOOD VISION:
• Green leafy vegetable such as spinach, etc.
• Salmon, tuna and other oily fish.
• Eggs, nuts, beans and other non-meat protein
sources.
• Oranges and other citrus fruits or juices.
• Eating a well-balanced diet make you free
from diabetes, which cause blindness in
adults.

18. CONTACT LENSES:
• It cannot protect from ocular hazards in the
work place.
• Improved vision gives positive impact on work
place safety.
• Gives wider field of view than eye glasses.
• Have less visual distortion.
• More comfortable.

19. LASER PROTECTION:
• Laser protection eye wears protect from
visible or invisible wavelength of laser light.
• These eye wears helps to filter laser light.

20. GOGGLES
• Prevent injury of eye.
• Used in:
a) Laboratories
b) Sports
c) Work place
• Prescription glasses are also available

21. TYPES OF GOGGLES:
• Cold weather:- prevent inferior part of eye from
becoming foggy.
• Swimming:- prevent water
• Power tool:- made by unbreakable material
• Blow torch goggle:- filters glare and flying sparks of hot
metal but they are not for welding glass
• Motor cycle:- prevents flying particles from hitting eye

22. USE GOGGLES

23. USES OF DIFFERENT GOGGLES

25. LIQUID IMAGE GOGGLES
Liquid Image goggles "make a lot of
people who play in the snow very
happy.

26. USES WHEN SWIMMING
USES IN CONSTRUCTION SITE
USES WHEN PLUMBING

28. USES WHEN DIVING
USES IN CYCLE RACES

29. USES WHEN SWIMMING
VARIOUS TYPES OF SUNGLASSES

30. FIRST AID FOR EYE EMERGENCIES
• Flush the eye at least for 15 minutes if any
chemicals entered.
• Remove the contact lens.
• Do not try to neutralize the chemical with
other substance.
• Do not bandage the eye.
• Seek immediate medical care.

31. HANDLING EMERGENCIES
• Emergency eye wash should be placed in all
hazardous areas.
• First aid instruction should be posted close to
potential danger spot.
• Employees must know where the closest
eyewash station is and how to get there with
restricted vision.
• Wear protection glass also with prescription
glass.
• Eye and face protection that fit comfortably over
glasses is available.

34. SOME SLOGANS ON EYES
• Even in a Hi-Tech world, our eyes are still your
greatest asset.
• Forgot your safety glasses? Then forget about
seeing.
• Use your eyes, don’t lose them.
• You can eat with false teeth, you cannot see
with a glass eye.
• Eyes are priceless- eye protection is cheap.

36. WHATEVER THE JOB
PROTECT YOUR EYES
PREVENT THE INJURY
RATHER THAN CURING

37. THANK
YOU