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EYE PROTECTION**  The eye is extremely delicate, and it is important to always protect them while you are working and when you are doing something in the theater, especially if what you are doing consists in something that might hurt them; because the eye unlike some other organs cannot be changed by doctors.
 * THEATRE SAFETY

The things that can damage the eyes are: The most common eye protection devices are:
 * Fragments of material that hitting the eye, can cause wounds on the outer part of the eye;
 * intense lights that can which can hurt, or burn the inner part of the eye; [[image:Immagine2.jpg width="418" height="211" align="right"]]
 * chemical material that can cause irritation to the hole organ.
 * protection goggles;
 * visor;
 * face helmet.

Based on what you are doing and the material that will be used, you have to choose the right protection device.

In the preparation of the scenery in the theater, there are a lot of things that can hurt or damage the eye.

When you use tools to cut or smooth wood, dust or small particles ejected by the material being cut, can hit your eye at great speeds and damage it permanently. Therefore, it is important to wear a visor because it covers all your face so the particles can’t hit the face but more importantly the eye.

During the setting up of a play, it could happen that you may have to use the welder, in that case you must use a face helmet. That is because the light that comes from the welder, makes a very strong light and it can burn the retina (the inner part of the eye). To use an instrument that makes a strong light, it is necessary to use the face helmet because it has a particular kind of glass, that permits you to see through, but most importantly it protects your eye from the light.

Chemical materials are most commonly used when you are finished with building the set up for a play. For example when you paint a piece of scenery the paint might include poisonous chemicals. In that case it is necessary to wear goggles that are well stuck to your face, so that the smoke ejected from the chemicals can’t enter the goggle, and also they should have a tight elastic band around your head so that if you do sudden movements they do not fall off.

It is important to always check the condition of the protection device you are going to use before you start working.



http://sicurezzateatro.blogspot.com/2009/02/leggere-la-scheda-di-sicurezza.html http://www.626dpi.it/normativa/UNI/Protezione_occhi.pdf http://www.preventblindness.org/safety/worksafe.html http://www.eyesafety.4ursafety.com/Terms.html