| Show Be Safe At Hom Home More than 40 of the ac accidents accidents accidents ac- ac causing visual impairment impairment impair impair- ment In the U. U S S. S today occur in the home hornet reports the Utah Society for the Prevention of Blindness According to latest data from a national health survey survey survey sur sur- vey this represents a greater number than t that hat combined e d number of of work at-work and automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile accidents In which eye injuries are ON BE BEHALF HALF of the Society's wide state-wide Safe-At-Home Safe Campaign Campaign Campaign Cam Cam- Rl Richard hard W W. W M.D. M.D. M. M D D. D President of the Utah Society for the Prevention of Blindness warns Americans that this high incidence of home eye injuries I is due to carelessness People just haven't learned to t take a k e industry school and automobile safety habits and attitudes home I with them Dr claims As part of its Safe-At-Home Safe I Campaign the Society recommends recommends recommends mends that all members of the family wear purpose all-purpose safety goggles w when hen mowing lawns especially with power mowers mowers mowers mow mow- ers buring trash p pruning run i n g bushes spraying plants wi with th insecticides and while spreading spreading spreading spread spread- ing chemical fertilizers F Fork For pro proper r safe safety t y goggles es for fox around the home arid and garden check your local optical equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment center THE SOCIETY warns against throwing glass bottles used batteries empty spray cans canson canson canson on trash fires which can cause I the them m to explode shower showering i n g potentially blinding fragments of glass and metal and caustic chemicals Everyone who wears glasses glasses glas glas- s gla-s- ses sest says Dr Especially Espe ESP e- e children and seni senior r cl ci cit citizens who are e exposed posed to more and new home eye accident hazards LITTLE LEAGUE Baseball a 11 recommends that all of their boys who wear glasses should wear safety glasses The Society's Safe-At-Home Safe Campaign is alerting parents throughout Utah to keep aerosol sprays containing pressurized liquids such as deodorants antibiotics oven cleaners paints and hair fixatives out of the reach of children at all i times It also warns parents that 17 of the more serious injuries to childrens children's eyes are caused by type missile-type toys such as pellet guns gunSt dart guns air guns bean shooters and I toys having protruding points and sharp edges A SOCIETY publication Why i Safety Glasses can be ob obtained obtained obtained ob- ob free of charge by writing to The Utah Society for the Prevention of Blindness 2033 So State St. St Salt Lake City Utah The Utah Society Is an affiliate af affiliate affiliate af- af to the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness Blindness Blindness Blind Blind- ness Inc which was founded in 1903 and is the oldest voluntary voluntary voluntary vol vol- health agency nationally engaged in the prevention of blindness through a comprehensive sive program of community t y services pub public Ii can and d professional professional professional pro pro- e education d u cat ion and andre andre- re re- re search |
