Eye care services helps save worker’s vision

Having been called in by Hubbell Scotland, a world-leading supplier of hazardous and industrial area electrical, lighting and control gear products, the Riley ‘On-Sight’ Service, including fully trained optometrist and state-of-the-art, mobile optician vehicle tested the sight of the 60 Hubbell Scotland workers.

Individual tests were carried out to determine each workers eye health, providing the right safety eyewear and ensuring that workers with prescription eyewear requirements were provided with leading safety solutions that matched their specific needs.

But the greatest benefit of the Riley ‘On-Sight’ service went far beyond the enhanced duty of care Hubbell wanted to provide to its workers.

One of Hubbell Scotland’s production supervisors had a serious eye health issue identified by the Riley service that, if left untreated would have led to the loss of his sight in one eye.

Riley’s optometrist identified a problem and the member of staff was immediately sent to hospital. A deeper macular degenerative matter, which he was completely unaware of, was diagnosed and emergency treatment was given.

“The Riley eye care test picked up a problem, which if left untreated would have meant I would have lost my sight in one eye. I am extremely thankful as without the Riley service the end result could have been significantly worse and had far more serious consequences to me and my life,” said the production supervisor.

With employees at its Glasgow site, covering roles such as engineering and assembly, carrying out tasks including spot welding, high pressure water applications, testing, grinding and pedestal drilling, Hubbell wanted to ensure its staff were working safely and effectively at all times.

Despite relatively few eye hazards on the shop floor Hubbell’s parent company, Hubbell Incorporated, made the decision to implement a mandatory safety eyewear policy programme across its operations.

The Riley ‘On Sight’ eye care service has been praised by Hubbell’s HSE Manager Brian Barr. He said: “Sometimes going to the optician is a job that gets put down the list of people’s priorities, but our workers loved the fact they did not need the inconvenience of arranging an eye test themselves and in their own time and it was all done for them by qualified personnel at work. It was a real win-win.” 

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