@article{ref1,
title="Eye injuries during hobby-work using machine tools",
journal="Ugeskrift for Laeger",
year="1995",
author="Hölmich, L. R. and Holmich, P. and Lohmann, M.",
volume="157",
number="15",
pages="2131-2134",
abstract="Data from the EU-project EHLASS (European Home and Leisure Accident Surveillance System) collected from five Danish hospitals during the period 1989-1991 contained 185,551 accidents occurring at home and during leisure time. The population in the catchment area is approximately 700,000. Of these accidents, 9900 involved eye-injury, 2940 of these occurred during hobby-activities, and 1460 of these while the subject was using either drilling-, welding- or grinding-equipment. The incidence of eye-injuries occurring during the use of these machines has risen from 0.6/1000/year in 1989 to 0.7/1000/year in 1990 and to 0.8/1000/year in 1991. In 98% of the cases the patients were men, 30% were between 20 and 29 years of age. A common activity at the time of the accident was &quot;car-repairing&quot;. Foreign-body-lesions were seen in 60% of the cases, and actinic conjunctivitis in 30%. None of the injuries were serious, but they were often very painful and demanding of resources. All the injuries could have been avoided by the use of proper eye protection.<p /><p>Language: da</p>",
language="da",
issn="0041-5782",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}