Trivia: Work-Related Eye Injuries

Here are some stats on work-related eye injuries from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics' Nonfatal Occupational Injuries Involving the Eyes, 2002 report, which was released in 2004:

• In 2002, there were 42,286 occupational injuries or illnesses involving the eye that resulted in days away from work.

• Typical eye injuries occurred by rubbed or abraded foreign matter, such as metal chips, dirt particles, and splinters, or by striking the eye. Surface wounds, such as abrasions, scratches, and foreign bodies (splinters and chips) were among the most common types of injuries to the eyes. Falls, fires and explosions, and assaults and violent acts were not among the most prevalent events or exposures involving eye injuries and illnesses.

• Although men were nearly twice as likely as women to experience an occupational injury or illness requiring days away from work in 2002, men made up an even greater proportion of the eye injury cases: 81%!

• The majority of the eye injury cases occurred among workers aged 25 to 34 years and 35 to 44 years. Together, these two age groups accounted for nearly 62% of all eye injuries.

• The median for eye injury cases resulting in days away from work was two days.

• With 3,447 cases, nonconstruction laborers incurred the most eye injuries, followed by welders and cutters and truck drivers.

Also see next week's article on non-work-related eye injuries and our earlier article on blindness.

And for some eye safety tips, check out:

• The American Academy of Ophthalmology's eye safety page

• Prevent Blindness America

• The Canadian Ophthalmological Society's eye safety page

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