About GoTo Industries

•Company was born from the idea of providing specialized and unique tools that are not currently in the market and are easy to use.

•Tools designed by John Konopka – A journeyman craftsman with over 35 years of contracting and construction experience. I am a 3rd generation mason turned general contractor.

•Ideas for the tools come from actual job site experiences where John thought of better ways to do common jobs.

Hard Hat Safety Glasses / Pencil Holder

•Did you know? Over one million Americans visit the emergency room with workplace eye injuries each year. Every day, an estimated 2,000 eye injuries occur in American workplaces. 90 percent of these are preventable with the use of appropriate safety eyewear. This cost companies 300 million per year in lost productivity, medical treatment and workers compensation.

•What if I told you the Go To Hard Hat Safety Glasses / Pencil Holder could eliminate nearly all eye injuries and save companies millions of dollars per year.

•The GoTo Hard Hat Safety Glasses / Pencil Holder is a convenient way to have eyewear attached to your hardhat. Making it easy to protect your eyes.

Hard Hat Safety Glasses / Pencil Holder

•Is OSHA compliant, made in USA and holds a Patent Pending.

Hard Hat Safety Glasses / Pencil Holder

•As you can see the GoTo Safety Glass / Pencil Holder makes it easy to have your Safety Glasses on you at all times and always readily available.

•It will never be inconvenient to carry your Safety Glasses again because you can store them on your hard hat with the attached leash that are strong enough to hold safety glasses but will break away if you ever need them to in a dangerous situation.

•The exterior clip attaches to the hard hat and will not violate safety standards and does not alter the integrity of the hard hat.

Hard Hat Safety Glasses / Pencil Holder

•I can see the GoTo Safety Glasses / Pencil Holder being issued by employers that issue hard hats to their employees in order to eliminate workplace eye injuries and reduce liabilities. A paper could be signed when these are issued to employees.

•In addition to all the safety benefits that GoTo Safety Glasses / Pencil Holder has, it is also a unique clip that holds all sizes of pencils, pens, and sharpies making it convenient way to have your writing utensil on you at all times.

The reason for this product is that I’ve always worn a hardhat on the jobsite with safety glasses. The problem arose from having my safety glasses always falling off while bending over or setting them down during a break or lunch. I originally put a leash on my safety glasses but it would get caught in my hardhat or tangled in my neck sun screen cover. I then taped the leash to the back of my hardhat and always using a pencil or sharpie, So I thought how can I fix this problem?

Problem fixed with the: HARDHAT SAFETY GLASSES / PENCIL HOLDER

Statistics:

Every day, an estimated 2,000 eye injuries occur in American workplaces. No matter what we do, flying particles, dusts, splashes, or flying objects are often part of the job and expose PPD employees to potential eye injuries. Fortunately, we can protect ourselves against these hazards by using the protective eyewear for our jobs.
WHAT CAUSES EYE INJURIES?
1. Flying particles: almost 70% of the accidents studied resulted from flying or falling objects or sparks striking the eye. Injured workers estimated that nearly three-fifths of the objects were smaller than a pin head. Most of the particles were said to be traveling faster than a hand-thrown object when the accident occurred.
2. Contact with chemicals caused one-fifth of the injuries.
3. Other accidents were caused by objects swinging from a fixed or attached
position, like tree limbs, ropes, chains, or tools which were pulled into the eye while the worker was using them.
Safety Glasses
WHAT PPE SHOULD YOU BE WEARING?
Safety glasses, are a good form of eye protection for general use to prevent flying debris and/or objects from coming into contact with your eyes.

When Should Eye Protection be Worn?
• Grinding or sanding
• Cutting wood
• Operating powered hand tools or machines
• Hammering nails
• Demolition work
• Using bungee cords
• Working with any chemical
• On construction sites (indoor and outdoor)
• Inside of a machine shop
• Inside of a laboratory around chemicals.
This is not an all-inclusive list – ALWAYS wear your safety glasses whenever and wherever objects can fly into your eyes.
THE NUMBERS:
2 The number of eyes each person starts out with (replacements are hard to come by)
3000 The number of US workers who suffer eye injuries each day
2 seconds How long it takes to put on your eye protection

Thousands of eye accidents happen each day; 90 percent of these are preventable with the use of appropriate safety eyewear.

Because there are good eye safety regulations in the workplace, the home is the source of the fastest-growing number of eye injuries. Eye injuries are almost as great a danger to bystanders as the people using dangerous tools or chemicals in the home. Good eye protection is just as important for those watching you work as for the workers themselves.

EYE INJURIES AT WORK

What Contributes to Eye Injuries at Work?

Not wearing eye protection. Nearly three out of every five workers injured were not wearing eye protection at the time of the accident.

What Causes Eye Injuries?

Flying particles. Almost 70% of eye injuries result from flying or falling objects or sparks striking the eye. Injured workers estimated that nearly three-fifths of the objects were smaller than a pin head. Most of the particles were said to be traveling faster than a hand-thrown object when the accident occurred. Contact with chemicals caused one-fifth of the injuries. Other accidents were caused by objects swinging from a fixed or attached position, like tree limbs, ropes, chains, or tools which were pulled into the eye while the worker was using them.

Where do Accidents Occur Most Often?

Craft work; industrial equipment operation. Potential eye hazards can be found in nearly every industry. However, more than 40% of injuries studied occurred among craft workers, like mechanics, repairers, carpenters, and plumbers. Over a third of the injured workers were operatives, such as assemblers, sanders, and grinding machine operators. Laborers suffered about one-fifth of the eye injuries. Almost half the injured workers were employed in manufacturing; slightly more than 20% were in construction.

How Can Eye Injuries be Prevented?

Always wear effective eye protection. Better training and education. BLS reported that most workers were hurt while doing their regular jobs. Workers injured while not wearing protective eyewear. Maintenance: Eye protection devices must be properly maintained. Scratched and dirty devices reduce vision, cause glare and may contribute to accidents

Workplace eye injury statistics - Don't be one of them

Think of all the times you've completed a task at work without eye protection, injury-free. Perhaps the application doesn’t seem that hazardous, or maybe the safety glasses you have are uncomfortable, scratched up, or they fog too easily. Plus, you’re good at what you do. You've been doing this job for so long that being careful is second nature. You don't need that safety eyewear.

Until that one time when "being careful" isn't enough. It happens in a split second, and maybe it wasn't your fault. Maybe you did everything right, but the tool you were using randomly failed, a coworker didn’t set up the workspace properly, or a machine malfunctioned. But whatever the reason, it happened - you become part of the statistics.

Accidents happen every day, and they usually occur in situations you’ve become all-to-comfortable with.

Here are some facts

You perceive up to 80% of all impressions by means of sight. If your other senses are compromised, it’s your eyes that will best protect you from danger, not to mention provide a more rewarding life. Preserving and protecting this organ is critical. Unfortunately, 300,000 workplace eye injuries send people to the emergency room each year nationwide.1And in most cases, safety eyewear is not being worn, it doesn’t fit, or doesn’t provide the appropriate protection for the application.

Of these 300,000 eye injuries, it’s estimated that 90% of them were preventable if the workers had been wearing the appropriate eye protection.

That's 270,000 workplace injuries that could be avoided each year.

Consider these other eye-opening injury statistics:

Eye injuries make up nearly 45% of all head injuries that lead to missed workdays.
Eye injuries account for an estimated annual $300 million in medical bills, compensation, and time off.
Men ages 25-44 comprise 80% of all workplace eye injury victims.
40% of on-the-job eye injuries happen in the manufacturing, construction, and mining industries.

With such staggering stats, why aren't workers wearing their safety eyewear? We reached out to some customers, and here's what they said.

Common reasons safety eyewear isn't being worn:

It always falls off.

Protective eyewear ends up in their pockets instead of over their eyes.

It's "unnecessary."

Despite decades of reported eye injury experiences and how to prevent them, human ignorance and resistance are still big problems. Many workers think of eye protection as unnecessary and choose to not wear their required eye protection.

It's fogging.

In a recent study with manufacturing, construction, service, and retail workers, 100% of participants reported fogging as a major factor for not wearing their PPE on the job. They can't see with the fogged-up eyewear, so naturally, they take them off. In the same study, 55% said that if their safety eyewear had working anti-fogging technology, they'd comply with wearing it.

It's uncool.

Let's face it, safety eyewear doesn't always have the most glamorous look. Everyone likes to wear things they feel good in, so it's no surprise that safety eyewear falls to the wayside for some.

Remember, the best eye protection is the protection that's worn. And it's not just about protecting your eyes, it's about protecting your most critical sense – your sight.