%0 Journal Article
%T The hazards of hammers
%J Injury
%D 1987
%A Owen, P.
%A Keightley, S. J.
%A Elkington, A. R.
%V 18
%N 1
%P 61-62
%X Fifty-five patients who had received an intraocular foreign body as a result of using a hammer were identified during a 4-year period. Of these, 36 had suffered the injury while at work and 19 while undertaking do-it-yourself activities at home. None had been wearing suitable protection. Seven patients were bystanders and not actually wielding the hammer. Twenty-three patients had a final visual acuity in the affected eye of 6/24 or worse.
%G 
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0020-1383
%U http://dx.doi.org/