- Over 2,000 work-related eye injuries happen each year in North America.
- 60% of workers who suffered an eye injury were wearing no eye protection or the wrong type of eye protection at the time of the accident.
- 90% of work-related eye injuries could be avoided if workers wore eye protection. (American Academy of Opthalmology)
- Men between the ages of 25-44 comprise 80 % of all workplace eye injury victims.
- Eye injuries account for nearly 45% of all head injuries that lead to missed work days.
- 61% of eye injuries occur in manufacturing, construction or trade jobs.
