Safety Attitude Towards Personal Protective Eyewear among Metal Workers: A Mini-Review

Abstract

Introduction: Ocular injury is one of the causes of blindness. It is a significant health disability that affects every age group. It may happen at any workplace when workers working on any hazardous activities without maintaining any safety protocol. There are various types of eye injuries like eye contusion, corneal laceration, and open penetrated and perforated eye injury.

Objectives: Asses the evidence about safety attitudes towards personal protective eyewear among metal workers to prevent eye Injuries.

Methods: This review was conducted systematically with occupational health hazards and safety published between January 2001 and January 2020.

Data collection and analysis: We assessed and screened data and extracted by electronic search. We have reviewed and analyzed the all results descriptively.

Results: This review assessed 100 studies. Among these 100 studies, 20 articles were included. Study shows that Metalworkers are exposed to hazards such as dust, particle materials, and explosions. The study also shows that a major part of the population had a significant awareness level about eye injury. A few Studies also show that metal workers had a negative attitude toward protective eyewear at the time of eye injury. The study revealed that workers' experience was significantly correlated with awareness of hazards. Few Researchers recommended that appropriate preventive measures and regular eye screening are necessary for metal workers.

Conclusions: Eye injury is one of the types of preventable blindness. Most Researchers recommended strategies in their study to prevent eye injuries from high-risk hazardous situations.