I had a rare few hours available from Subway last week (well, it WAS Boxing Day, and the store was shut). The Investmemt Property about 5km away needed some gardening work desperately, so it was time to do something.
It was time to prune, as the trees andshrubs adjoining the driveway were taking control. So I spent quite as few hours in pruning.
I figured at the end of that day's work (OK, only 6 hours work, but followed by another 6 hours at Subway) that there was a LOT of work still to be done, so I headed back. And so I started on some more pruning the next morning. I was cutting branches with long handled cutters, and using a mnaual pruning saw to cut off a lot of dead branches.
About an hour into the job, I started to get very irritated eyes, and could not continue. I drove back to the shop, almost not able to see because of eye irritation. I immediately went to the doctor.
Apparently something had scratched my right eye, although my left eye was also inflamed. The scratch was across my iris.
Several days later, I can finally open my right eye, the irritation from the scratch has finally stopped. My GP assures me that I will be able to see from it normally again. I'll believe it when I see it (literally).
Moral. ALWAYS wear eye protection whenever doing anything which may produce sawdust, grit, or the like. I had glasses on, which I thought were enough to protect against sawdust from a small pruning saw. I was wrong,
It was time to prune, as the trees andshrubs adjoining the driveway were taking control. So I spent quite as few hours in pruning.
I figured at the end of that day's work (OK, only 6 hours work, but followed by another 6 hours at Subway) that there was a LOT of work still to be done, so I headed back. And so I started on some more pruning the next morning. I was cutting branches with long handled cutters, and using a mnaual pruning saw to cut off a lot of dead branches.
About an hour into the job, I started to get very irritated eyes, and could not continue. I drove back to the shop, almost not able to see because of eye irritation. I immediately went to the doctor.
Apparently something had scratched my right eye, although my left eye was also inflamed. The scratch was across my iris.
Several days later, I can finally open my right eye, the irritation from the scratch has finally stopped. My GP assures me that I will be able to see from it normally again. I'll believe it when I see it (literally).
Moral. ALWAYS wear eye protection whenever doing anything which may produce sawdust, grit, or the like. I had glasses on, which I thought were enough to protect against sawdust from a small pruning saw. I was wrong,
