Research Article
Prevalence and Factors Influencing Eye Injuries among Welders in Accra, Ghana
Table 2
Characteristics of eye injuries among welders (N = 183).
| Variable | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
| Period of last eye injury | | | Less than a year ago | 174 | 95.1 | More than a year ago | 9 | 4.9 |
| Time of day of last injury | | | Morning | 35 | 19.1 | Afternoon | 39 | 21.3 | Evening | 109 | 59.6 |
| Duration of eye injury | | | Less than a month | 175 | 95.6 | More than a month | 8 | 4.4 |
| Nature of eye injury | | | Mechanical | 39 | 21.3 | Chemical | 98 | 53.6 | Thermal | 27 | 14.7 | Electrical | 19 | 10.4 |
| Number of eyes affected | | | One eye | 30 | 16.4 | Both eyes | 153 | 83.6 |
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