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Learned the hard way that good eye protection is important.
I used to use some cheap stuff that was pretty open at the top. One day I was shooting my Mini-14 at an indoor range and had the ejected case do a perfect bank-shot off the wall of the shooting lane and down through the open top of the glasses.
The round landed vertically across my eyebrow and my cheekbone, and by the time I put down the gun, took the glasses off and pulled off the hot round, it had basically melted the skin in that area. I could literally feel the burned flesh pulling away with the case when I removed it. I had that scar across my right eye socket for six months or so before it finally healed up enough not to notice. I just thank God it didn't also touch my eyeball when it did it's nosedive between the glasses and my face.
After that I bought some real shooting glasses (ESS) and have never worried about that type of thing again...
That's why I always wear a ballcap when shooting. Helps keep trash from coming in the top, and gives a little added protection to the noggin. I require a hat with a front brim in all my live-fire classes.