Injury source by mechanism for welding related eye injuries among welders and non-welders
| Welders (n = 1353) | Non-welders (n = 822) | Total (n = 2175) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| *Other mechanisms include stationary or swinging object, heat/pressure, other contact, or multiple. | ||||||
| †All mechanisms were ultraviolet radiation. | ||||||
| ‡Other sources include multiple substances, vapor/gas, or electricity and the mechanisms included propelled airborne, ultraviolet radiation, splash/spray, and other. | ||||||
| Source/mechanism | ||||||
| Particulate/small solid | 858 | (63.4) | 332 | (40.4) | 1190 | (54.7) |
| Propelled/airborne | 666 | (77.6) | 256 | (77.1) | 922 | (77.5) |
| Falling object | 38 | (4.4) | 26 | (7.8) | 64 | (5.4) |
| Other* | 18 | (2.1) | 3 | (0.9) | 21 | (1.8) |
| Smoke/irritation | 5 | (0.6) | 5 | (1.5) | 10 | (0.8) |
| Splash/spray | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (0.6) | 2 | (0.2) |
| Non-classifiable or missing | 131 | (15.3) | 40 | (12.1) | 171 | (14.4) |
| Ultraviolet rays† | 266 | (19.7) | 338 | (41.1) | 604 | (27.8) |
| Hot substance | 41 | (3.0) | 47 | (5.7) | 88 | (4.0) |
| Propelled/airborne | 35 | (85.4) | 33 | (70.2) | 68 | (77.3) |
| Other* | 2 | (4.9) | 6 | (12.9) | 8 | (9.1) |
| Splash/spray | 1 | (2.4) | 5 | (10.6) | 6 | (6.8) |
| Falling object | 1 | (2.4) | 3 | (6.4) | 4 | (4.6) |
| Smoke/irritation | 1 | (2.4) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (1.1) |
| Non-classifiable or missing | 1 | (2.4) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (1.1) |
| Solid object | 28 | (2.1) | 17 | (2.1) | 45 | (2.1) |
| Propelled/airborne | 14 | (50.0) | 10 | (58.8) | 24 | (53.3) |
| Other* | 9 | (32.2) | 3 | (17.6) | 12 | (26.7) |
| Falling object | 3 | (10.7) | 3 | (17.7) | 6 | (13.3) |
| Non-classifiable or missing | 2 | (7.1) | 1 | (5.9) | 3 | (6.7) |
| Chemicals, liquid, or caustics | 22 | (1.6) | 5 | (0.6) | 27 | (1.2) |
| Splash/spray | 17 | (77.3) | 4 | (80.0) | 21 | (77.8) |
| Other* | 2 | (9.1) | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (7.4) |
| Propelled/airborne | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (20.0) | 1 | (3.7) |
| Non-classifiable or missing | 3 | (13.6) | 0 | (0.0) | 3 | (11.1) |
| Other sources‡ | 2 | (0.2) | 7 | (0.9) | 9 | (0.4) |
| Non-classifiable or missing | 136 | (10.1) | 76 | (9.3) | 212 | (9.8) |
| Propelled/airborne | 45 | (33.1) | 19 | (25.0) | 64 | (30.2) |
| Smoke/irritation | 17 | (12.5) | 16 | (21.1) | 33 | (15.6) |
| Other* | 6 | (4.4) | 3 | (4.0) | 9 | (4.3) |
| Falling object | 2 | (1.5) | 1 | (1.3) | 3 | (1.4) |
| Splash/spray | 1 | (0.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (0.5) |
| Non-classifiable or missing | 65 | (47.8) | 37 | (48.7) | 102 | (48.1) |
| Total | 1353 | (100.0) | 822 | (100.0) | 2175 | (100.0) |