TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - Eye injuries at work: a prospective population-based survey within the chemical industry
JO  - Eye
A1  - Jones, N. P.
A1  - Griffith, G. A.
SP  - 381
EP  - 385
VL  - 6
IS  - Pt 4
N2  - A population of 63,000 chemical industry workers was studied prospectively over approximately 10,000,000 man-hours of work. A total of 133 eye injuries were reported (8.4% of all injuries), of which 22% needed medical attention. Eye protection was often not worn, some protectors may have been wrongly recommended for a particular task, and some protectors may have failed to perform adequately. In this population, an eye injury occurred once every 75,000 man-hours of work on average (injury incidence 23:1000:year). Most injuries were avoidable. Revision of protection protocols at work, and improved education of personnel are needed to reduce the incidence of occupational eye injury.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0950-222X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -