Recommended Web Sites

AllAboutVision: Eye Safety - All About Vision provides this excellent advice on safety glasses and what to do if you sustain an eye injury.

The Great American Eye Test - The American Optometric Association offers this quiz.

PreventBlindness: Safety - They want all Americans to be aware of the dangers to their eyes at home, in the workplace and while playing sports. Thousands of eye accidents happen each day; 90 percent of these are preventable with the use of appropriate safety eyewear.

Treating an Eye Injury - Read this information before you need it!

Black Eye: First Aid - The Mayo Clinic offers these tips.

Caring for Your Eyes - Eye safety tips for kids along with a list of some of the body’s own ways of protecting the eyes.

Children’s Eye Safety - PreventBlindness offers this quiz on children’s eye safety.

Eye Injuries - KidsHealth has created this information for parents.

Eye Injuries in Sports - Learn more about protecting your eyes during sports, from FamilyDoctor.org.

Eye Protection for Farmers - One in a series of educational fact sheets produced by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, this one is based on information from the National Ag Safety Database (NASD).

Eye Safety and Health - Oklahoma State University has assembled these links to quality Internet resources on eye safety and eye health topics.

Eye Safety During Solar Eclipses - NASA offers this information on how to guard your eyes while viewing an eclipse.

Eye Safety for Emergency Response and Disaster Recovery - The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has prepared this fact sheet on proper eye wear for first responders.

Eye Safety: Preventing Eye Injuries - The Medical College of Wisconsin has created this fact sheet on how to avoid eye injuries at home, at work, around the yard, when playing sports, and in other settings.

First Aid for Eye Emergencies - Great, quick tips from PreventBlindness on how to treat eye emergencies.

How to Treat a Chemical Eye Burn - Keep this information handy in case a chemical drips into the eyes.

Injuries to the Eye - The Merck Home Manual for Patients and Caregivers offers this information.

Laser Safety and the Eye - The unprotected human eye is extremely sensitive to laser radiation and can be permanently damaged from direct or reflected beams. Read more about protecting your eyes at this site.

MEDLINEPlus: Eye Injuries - The National Library of Medicine has produced this list of quality resources on the Internet about eye injuries and eye safety.

Personal Protective Equipment - This information from OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) gives facts on the different types of PPE and how they can protect workers. This site is in PDF format and requires an Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing.

Safe Eyes Quiz - An excellent quiz for kids and their parents to take together!

Sports Eye Safety - PreventBlindness has created fact sheets on sports eye safety gear.

Toys and Eye Safety - Advice for parents on choosing safe, age-appropriate toys in order to prevent eye injury.

What is UV Radiation? - Learn more about UV rays can harm your eyes.

What You Need to Know About Eye Injury Prevention - The American Academy of Ophthalmology presents this information.

Workplace Eye Safety - PreventBlindnessAmerica presents this information about safety glasses for use in the workplace.