Lucky Carpenter: An Unusual Occupational Eye Accident

Abstract

A 34-year-old carpenter applied to our clinics with a 5-cm long wood stick which was stuck into his left lower orbital margin. Under general anesthesia, we explored his left eye and extracted the stick without any complication. This patient had an unusual presentation of an occupational eye injury. Occupational eye injuries account for 12% of all work-related injuries, and 90% of those are preventable with simple measures. (Turk J Ophthalmol 2014; 44: 167-9)

Keywords

• Occupational eye injury
• carpenter
• eye protection in workplace