Thin Line Between Minor Eye Injuries and Blindness, Group Says

The simple act of wearing eye protection literally can be the difference between a minor eye injury and blindness, an organization devoted to preventing these injuries said.More than 90 percent of eye injuries are preventable, according to Prevent Blindness America (PBA). In 2002, the latest year for which statistics are available, almost 100,000 Americans were treated for workplace-related eye injuries. But they were only a small portion of the total injuries, PBA said. Daily about 2,