Penetrating Eye Injuries in the Workplace

Assessment of occupational eye injury risk and severity: An analysis of Rhode Island workers' compensation data 1998–2002

“…To this extent, the high number of ocular injuries found in this study is particularly worrisome, as it demonstrates that in many cases, workers are at near risk for extensive eye damage from various on-the-job exposures and events. Prior research has demonstrated that a majority of occupational eye injuries are preventable [Crapnell, 1983;Lehtonen, 1984;National Society to Prevent Blindness, 1990;Turriff, 1991;Fong and Taouk, 1995;Dannenberg et al, 1992]. Evidence from this study supports this to be the case.…”

Changes in the Epidemiology of Ruptured Globe Eye Injuries due to Societal Changes

“…The distribution of age in male persons in our groups shows the highest incidence of injury during the second to the fourth decades. This was confirmed in many studies [7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]. …”

Ocular trauma in the United States Army: hospitalization records from 1985 through 1994

“…5 13 A quarter to half of these injuries are work-related. [14][15][16] A recent statewide population-based study in California using hospital discharge data estimated an annual incidence of severe ocular injury in the workplace of 1.76 or 2.98 per 100,000 employed persons when ocular trauma was defined as either the "principal discharge diagnosis" or the "principal or secondary discharge diagnosis," respectively. 17 However, there was no information on the external causes of injuries in this study, information that is important for the design of cost-effective prevention strategies.…”