Abstract
Background: Several studies show a high percentage of eye injuries related to work compared to other origins. However, there are few studies that describe work-related eye injuries. Methods: A descriptive, retrospective, and longitudinal study that describes the characteristics of work-related eye injuries in a group of insured workers. Eye injuries were classified according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) and analyzed over 10 years (2008–2018). Results: Keratitis and conjunctivitis were the most prevalent injuries (26,674 (53.1%) and 15,906 (31.6%)). Keratitis and conjunctivitis also show the highest percentage of injury incidence per 100,000 insured workers in both sexes, any age group, and any occupation. The analysis of the cumulative percentage change and average annual percent change in incidences over ten years shows a decrease in the incidences of all injuries, except for other disorders of the eye and anexa. Conclusions: Most of the work-related eye injuries affect the most exposed eye structures in any line of work: the cornea and conjunctiva. Suitable protection of these eye structures will decrease the number of cases of work-related eye injuries.
Highlights
The percentage of patients with ocular injuries, suffered while working, that receive urgent care from hospitals varies from 5.6% to 56.5% [1,2,3]
A high percentage of eye injuries are produced by fragments or foreign bodies and affect the anterior segment of the eyeball [1,7,8,9,10]
ICD-10 = International Classification of Diseases; WHO = World Health Organization; * Other work-related eye injury (WREI) that do not belong to the six main codes with International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) codes: H00; H01; H02; H03; H04; H05; H06; H13; H15; H17; H18; H19; H20; H21; H22; H25; H26; H27; H28; H30; H31; H32; H33; H34; H35; H36; H40; H42; H43; H45; H46; H47; H48; H49; H50; H51; H52; H54; H55; H58; H59 [13]
Summary
The percentage of patients with ocular injuries, suffered while working, that receive urgent care from hospitals varies from 5.6% to 56.5% [1,2,3]. In Spain, two studies were conducted in 1994 and 2008, which saw a percentage of patients with ocular injuries that went from 23.0% to 25.2% [4,5]. 17,579 workers were on sick leave due to a work-related eye injury [6]. According to the scientific literature, the relative risk of suffering a work-related eye injury (WREI). Several studies have proved that 70% of workers that suffered an eye injury did not wear eye protection [2,11]. Several studies show a high percentage of eye injuries related to work compared to other origins. There are few studies that describe work-related eye injuries
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