Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University , Al-Ain, UAE.
United Arab Emirates University, Zayed bin Sultan Center for Health Sciences , Al-Ain, UAE.
Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2020 Dec;27(6):453-459. doi: 10.1080/09286586.2020.1770302. Epub 2020 May 31.
We aimed to study eye injuries and their risk factors among workers at small-scale industrial enterprises.
Cross-sectional descriptive study. Five hundred workers at small-scale industrial enterprises in Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates were included. A pre-tested structured questionnaire was used to collect data by direct interviews during the period of October 2018 through June 2019. The outcome measures included self-reported eye injuries, risk factors, and outcomes in the past 12 months. The study adhered to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki.
One-hundred seventy-five (35%) workers reported eye injury, 25 (14.3%) had recurrent injuries. Twenty-five (15%) received treatment for eye injury. Five percent were hospitalized. Workers who had an eye injury were less educated compared with those who did not ( < .0001), received less safety training ( < .0001), had less work experience ( < .0001), used more spectacle correction glasses ( < .0001), and had less usage of the safety eye goggles and safety eyeglasses ( < .0001) compared with those who had no eye injury. Arc welding (76; 43.4%), chipping (25; 14.3%), and drilling (24; 13.7%) were associated with high risk for eye injury. Twenty-eight percent of eye injuries occurred to observers or working assistants.
This study has shown a high percentage of eye injury incidents among workers at small-scale industrial enterprises. This was associated with low usage of the safety eye goggles and glasses. Arc welding posed significant risks for eye injury. This information is useful for safety promotion and development of work-related eye injury prevention legislations.
我们旨在研究小型工业企业工人的眼部损伤及其危险因素。
横断面描述性研究。阿联酋艾因市的 500 名小型工业企业工人被纳入研究。在 2018 年 10 月至 2019 年 6 月期间，通过直接访谈使用经过预测试的结构化问卷收集数据。主要结局指标包括过去 12 个月内自我报告的眼部损伤、危险因素和结局。本研究遵循《赫尔辛基宣言》的指导原则。
175 名（35%）工人报告眼部损伤，25 名（14.3%）工人有复发性损伤。25 名（15%）工人因眼部损伤接受治疗。5%的工人住院治疗。与未受伤的工人相比，受伤工人的受教育程度较低（<0.0001），接受的安全培训较少（<0.0001），工作经验较少（<0.0001），使用更多的视力矫正眼镜（<0.0001），并且较少使用安全护目镜和安全眼镜（<0.0001）。电弧焊接（76 例；43.4%）、凿削（25 例；14.3%）和钻孔（24 例；13.7%）与眼部损伤的高风险相关。28%的眼部损伤发生在观察者或辅助工人身上。
本研究表明，小型工业企业工人眼部损伤事件发生率较高。这与安全护目镜和眼镜的使用率低有关。电弧焊接对眼部损伤的风险较大。这些信息有助于促进安全和制定与工作相关的眼部损伤预防法规。
