Table 1.
Characteristics of 5065 Occupational Eye Injuries (OEI) occurring over the time period 2000 to 2013 in the Autonomous Province of Trento (APT).
| N/5065, % | |
| Gender | |
| Males | 4654, 91.9% |
| Females | 411, 8.1% |
| Age group (years) | |
| 15-24 | 694, 13.7% |
| 25-39 | 2122, 41.9% |
| 40-54 | 1692, 33.4% |
| 55-64 | 486, 9.6% |
| ≥65 | 71, 1.4% |
| Migration background | |
| No (Italian-born) | 3912, 77.2% |
| Yes (Foreign-born) | 1153, 22.8% |
| Working Sector | |
| Agriculture | 748, 14.8% |
| Industry | 3579, 70.7% |
| Construction | 1487, 29.4% |
| Manufacture and other industries | 2092, 41.3% |
| Services | 738, 14.6% |
| Eye involvement | |
| Right | 2490, 49.2% |
| Left | 2544, 50.2% |
| Bilateral | 31, 0.6% |
| Day of the week | |
| Monday to Friday | 3591, 70.9% |
| Weekend | 1474, 29.1% |
| Holidays | |
| Holiday | 4982, 98.4% |
| Regular day | 83. 1.6% |
| Calendar month | |
| April to September | 2424, 47.9% |
| October to March | 2641, 52.1% |
| Hour of the day | |
| Morning (06:00 to 12:00) | 2148. 42.4% |
| Afternoon (12:00 to 18:00) | 2613, 51.6% |
| Evening/Night (18:00 to 06:00 | 304, 6.0% |
| Diagnoses | |
| Foreign Bodies | 2553, 50.4% |
| Contusions | 1103, 21.8% |
| Lacerations | 1013, 20.0% |
| Chemicals, gas, vapours, etc. | 346, 6.8% |
| Heat, radiation (e.g. UV radiation, etc.) | 33, 0.7% |
| Biological fluids | 17, 0.3% |
| Outcome | |
| Residual visual loss, any | 160, 3.2% |
| Residual visual loss > 4/20 | 68, 1.3% |
| Recurring events | 257, 5.1% |