Don’t Underestimate the Importance of Safety Glasses and Face Shields

In an instant, flying debris can injure or kill a worker performing tasks that require high water pressure.

Jan 02, 2019 | by Brenda Silva |

Personal Protection Equipment Safety Clothing/Workwear Brass Knuckle Protection Safety Equipment

Pum 01 19 Safety First — Joe Harp’s face shield after he was hit by flying debris on a job site. The face shield prevented any major injuries from happening, but it did put a hole through the shield. (Photo courtesy of Joe Harp)

As hydroexcavator operator Joe Harp walked up to his co-worker to aid him on a job site, he suddenly felt like he had been shot with a BB gun. “I turned my face away from the wand and immediately shut the water off,” Harp says. He was running the wireless remote to the unit while his co-worker was running the dig wand. Harp knew he had just been hit by a rock. “I was thinking that it just went under my shield, but after looking, I noticed a hole that was in my face shield that was in the same area

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