Every single day about 1,000 people injure an eye on the job. Some of these injuries are called "minor", but even a minor eye injury results in lost work time, pain, and sometimes lasting damage. Eye injuries are estimated to cost over three hundred million dollars per year to the North American economy, including lost time, workers’ compensation, and production delays. But that’s the "big picture". From the point of view of the victim it’s far more painful.Workers lose their sight and their livelihoods every single day by not wearing eye protection that costs less than a case of beer.