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