| Document ID (ISN) | 109368 |
| CIS number |
09-313 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0465-546X - Medicina y seguridad del trabajo |
| Year |
2008 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Serrano Ramos C., Jiménez Bajo L., Jerez Hidalgo M., O'Connor Pérez S., Bardón Fernández-Pacheco I., Caso Pita C. |
| Title |
Eye protection: Importance and use |
| Original title |
Protección ocular: importancia y uso [in Spanish] |
| Bibliographic information |
4th quarter 2008, Vol.54, No.213, p.81-86. Illus. 12 ref. |
| Internet access |
http://scielo.isciii.es/pdf/mesetra/v54n213/original7.pdf [in Spanish]
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| Abstract |
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and aetiology of eye injuries and to propose preventive measures. It involved 41 patients who consulted the eye emergency department of a hospital in Madrid, Spain, in April 2006 and for whom data on age, sex, occupation, industry, supply and use of eye protection, recidivism, diagnosis and medical care were available. The results showed that 25.6% of the accidents were occupational; 87.2% of the victims were males and 85.4% worked in the construction sector; the most frequent diagnosis was the impact of foreign body; 51.2% of the workers were not supplied with safety spectacles and among those for whom they were available, 48% did not wear them. Close to half of the injuries required only ambulatory treatment, implying that suitable training of plant medical physicians may allow many of the injuries to be treated on site. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational accidents; eye injuries; risk factors; safety spectacles |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Spain; human factors; construction industry; disobeying safety instructions; supply of personal protective equipment; sex-linked differences; frequency rates; foreign bodies |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Spain |
| Subject(s) |
Personal protection
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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| Browse category(ies) |
Face and eye protection
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