[Occupational diseases of the eye and their prevention at industrial plants in Zaporozhye]. / Professional'nye zabolevaniia organa zreniia i ikh profilaktika na nekotorykh predpriiatiiakh Zaporozh'ia.

A study of the character, causes and incidence of professional diseases of the eye in 3,588 workers of four industrial plants has shown that the most frequent causes of the disease are the action of dust, thermal reaction, chemically active products of production, the usage of obsolete equipment, low technology, insufficient measures of individual and collective protection of the eye. In workers with a length of service to 5 years the incidence of diseases made up 2.4%, and more than 10 years--10.8%, at the average. Economic losses due to one sick person achieved 3,017.3 doubles, at the average. Recommendations for improvement of prophylaxis of professional diseases of the eye are given.