Profile of occupational eye injury at an ophthalmologic emergency department.

Background: Eye injury is the most frequent reason for visits to ophthalmological emergency departments, being one of the leading causes of avoidable blindness worldwide and having considerable socioeconomic impact on health systems and populations.

Objective: To establish the epidemiologic profile of eye injuries caused by work accidents, visual sequelae and socioeconomic impact.

Methods: A retrospective, cross-sectional study was conducted by reviewing the medical records of patients with occupational eye injury treated at an ophthalmologic emergency department from April to August 2016.