Disease, blindness, trauma, death — these are the risks for service industry workers when they fail to use basic personal protective equipment.
Some of the simplest protective gear costs mere dollars, yet are frequently discarded or treated with disdain by operators who see them as an unnecessary hassle.
A costly prospect
Take the simplest PPE of all: safety glasses. They are a perfect demonstration of unnecessary risk.
Each year, more than 20,000 eye injuries occur in service industries, adding up to a cumulative cost of $300 million. On the flip side, ANSI-rated safety glasses can be purchased for around $1.
Here’s something else to consider:
