I was forced to wear eyeglasses since 4th grade.
Never liked doing so but no alternative.
I can say for damn certain that I would be blind in one eye except for my wearing eyeglasses at all waking hours.
Working at Eletric Boat (Quonset, RI, 1970's era), I had minor eye injuries even though wearing ALL possible eye-protective gear available at the time.
Lucky to have survived that environment. Quit once I realized that no matter how personally cautious I was, it was an environment that would eventually severely injure me or kill me.
I witnessed many folks at EB being injured, after being individually and specifically being warned about their habits.
It was easy to see the folks who ignored our advice and became "casualties".
Same thing with Soldiers/Marines during combat.