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Originally Posted by DarkerCrimson
this year even though we werent using the equipment.. we had it under the table put away
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Just because you're not using power tools in your pit doesn't mean the team next to you has everything put away! You'd be amazed how far a piece of shattered dremel-disc can fly!
During the build season, I was teaching a student about chains and told her to remove the masterlink. She used a screwdriver to pry it off, and when the piece came loose it would have hit her in the eye - had she not been wearing safety glasses. Before that day, she never understood why I was so diligent that students (and mentors alike) *always* wear safety glasses when working on robot parts - no matter how large or important - she gets it now.
A mentor this season was working underneath the robot, tightening something on our transmissions, when a long-lost blot fell from somewhere. His first words after getting hit with it were, "Man! Good thing I had my safety glasses on - that would've gone right in my eye!" I've also been a victim of dremel blade shrapnel and it's not fun!
In our pit (and in the pits, in general, at any event my team has attended) there is always drilling, grinding, sawzalling, dremeling, aluminum shavings all around, tools ever-present, etc. Even if it doesn't seem there is an immediate, pressing need to wear your safety glasses, the potential for disaster (and eye loss!) is lurking around the corner. Don't be a victim - wear your safety glasses!