Originally Posted by DonRotolo (Post 1342776)

Ah, safety.

Just last week, a student was cutting a piece of 80/20 on a chop saw, holding it by hand. It got away from him, flew across the shop and whacked (hard!) a young lady. Right in the glasses.

The glasses did not shatter, but did get a nice scratch. The top edge of the glasses also hit the young lady in the forehead, leaving a small red 'dent'.

She was nowhere near the chop saw.

Had she not been wearing her glasses, she'd most certainly have lost an eye. Her glasses did exactly what they were supposed to, because she was wearing them.

True story.
Think about that.