Eye injuries in agriculture

• Autores: K. M Saari, E Aine
• Localización: Anales de la Sociedad Ergoftalmológica Española, ISSN 0210-0681, Vol. 17, Nº. 2 (MAR-ABR), 1988, págs. 93-102
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • To study eye injuries in agriculture we reviewed the case records of 662 patients with eye injuries treated at Departament of Ophthalmology, Central Hospital of Tampere between the years 1972 and 1979. Of the whole material 96 (14, 5%)were agricultural workers, 74(77%) male and 22(23%) female, with the mean age of 43 years. The mean annual incidence of eye injuries in agriculture was 3, 46 per 10.000 people which was higher than in industry (1 per 10.000 people). The use of AIV solution wasthe most frequent cause of eye injury in farming (6/10) and was the most common cause of all chemical eye burns in agriculture (6/7). Cow butting with horn caused all eye injuries in dairying; 50% of these were perforating eye injuries. In lumbering, forest work or a flying piece of wood at chopping caused eye injuries in 29 cases including 19 cases with blunt ocular trauma and 8 cases with perforating eye injuries. Hammering was the most frequent cause of injury in repair work (7/16). Unilateral blindness was seen in 17 cases (17, 7%) caused mostly by cow butting with horn (6 cases) or lumbering (5 cases). The importance of employment of protective eye screen or glases also in agriculture is pointed out.