title: [Eye injuries during hobby-work using machine tools].
abstract: Data from the EU-project EHLASS (European Home and Leisure Accident Surveillance System) collected from five Danish hospitals during the period 1989-1991 contained 185,551 accidents occurring at home and during leisure time. The population in the catchment area is approximately 700,000. Of these accidents, 9900 involved eye-injury, 2940 of these occurred during hobby-activities, and 1460 of these while the subject was using either drilling-, welding- or grinding-equipment. The incidence of eye-injuries occurring during the use of these machines has risen from 0.6/1000/year in 1989 to 0.7/1000/year in 1990 and to 0.8/1000/year in 1991. In 98% of the cases the patients were men, 30% were between 20 and 29 years of age. A common activity at the time of the accident was "car-repairing". Foreign-body-lesions were seen in 60% of the cases, and actinic conjunctivitis in 30%. None of the injuries were serious, but they were often very painful and demanding of resources. All the injuries could have been avoided by the use of proper eye protection.
authors.affiliation: Forbrugerstyrelsen, København.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Hölmich
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hölmich
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lohmann
mesh_terms: D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005135:Eye Protective Devices; D005260:Female; D006686:Hobbies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Ojenskader ved hobbyarbejde med maskinelt håndvaerktøj.