March 2, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Workplace injuries involving the eyes, 2008

Percent distribution of nonfatal workplace eye injuries and illnesses involving days away from work, by occupational group, 2008
Occupation	Percent
All other head injuries	62.0
Eye-related head injuries	37.0
Production	23.1
Construction and extraction	18.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair	16.1
Service	15.6
Transportation and material moving	14.5
Other occupational groups	12.2
Professional and related	4.0
Office and administrative support	3.6
Sales and related	2.9
Farming, fishing, and forestry	1.7
Management, business, and financial	(1)
Footnotes: (1) Less than 1 percent.
Note: The components do not add to exactly 100 percent because of rounding.

These data are featured in the TED article, Workplace injuries involving the eyes, 2008.

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