Eye injuries due to tractor wheel explosion: report of two cases.
METHODS
We describe 2 patients who sustained eye injuries when tractor wheels exploded while being inflated. Descriptions of ocular involvement from such accidents are rare in the literature. One of our patients experienced severe eye trauma requiring enucleation. In the second case, despite trauma to both eyes, 20/20 vision was recovered.


CONCLUSIONS
Injuries from exploding tires are compared to those seen in the context of air-bag deployment, and safety recommendations are discussed.
Levy
Jaime
J
Ophthalmology Department, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel. ljaime@bgu.ac.il
Kratz
Assaf
A
Lifshitz
Tova
T
D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000328:Adult; D000383:Agriculture; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005107:Explosions; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005135:Eye Protective Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D015541:Off-Road Motor Vehicles; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed