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Working in the sheet metal field can really be dangerous to your eyes.  Grinding, drilling, milling, and many other operations require safety glasses to keep any pieces of metal from getting into your eye. 

This is the story about a man who was working under these conditions when something got in his eye.  This can be really irritating with severe pain!  The company sent the man to the doctor to get the object removed.  When the doctor looked at it, he said it would require the normal procedure which was a small drill.

Literally, they put your head in a fixed position between two pieces of metal wrapped in rubber.  Then, the machine they use is like a drill.  The object is to just touch the unwanted material in the eye with the end of the drill bit.  Usually, when this is done, the piece flips out with no other procedures necessary. Read the rest of this entry »