I agree, if I was going to loose any parts, eyes would be last on the list! Being a Firefighter, PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) is drummed into us from day one and eye protection is usually provided.
However, at home we tend to get lax and take chances sometimes. Like back in the early 80's, when I was cleaning the carburetor on my F-150's 351M engine. I sprayed the cleaner into what I thought was a passageway, but was in reality a blind hole. The cleaner blew back directly into my right eye, and it instantly felt like someone had just stabbed me with an ice pick.
I was home alone so I ran to the kitchen sink, grabbed the sprayer, and started flushing my eye with cold water. After 30 minutes of flushing, I could finally open my eye and keep it open, but I couldn't see out of it because everything was very blurry. I thought I had done permanent damage to it, but since I couldn't drive I just laid down and waited. Eventually, the blurriness cleared up, but it took about three days to do so. Needless to say, I learned a very powerful lesson that day, and I no longer take chances with my body parts!