Table 8. Top five events and exposures for nonfatal occupational eye injuries involving days away from work, 2002

Table 8. Top five events and exposures for nonfatal occupational eye injuries involving days away from work, 2002
Events and exposures	Number of eye injuries	Percent of eye injuries
Total	42,286	100.0
Rubbed or abraded by foreign matter in eye	16,158	38.2
Contact with skin or other exposed tissue	5,651	13.4
Struck by dislodged flying object, particle	4,111	9.7
Exposure to welding light	2,159	5.1
Struck by object, unspecified	2,103	5.0
NOTE: Components do not add to 100 percent because only the top five events and exposures are shown in this tabulation.