Ocular trauma from ballast fluid after a tractor tire explosion

P. S. Thorne; P. Subramanian; J. E. Sutphin; M. E. O'Neill; R. Rautiainen; S. J. Reynolds; J. A. Merchant

Ocular trauma from ballast fluid after a tractor tire explosion

P. S. Thorne, P. Subramanian, J. E. Sutphin, M. E. O'Neill, R. Rautiainen, S. J. Reynolds, J. A. Merchant

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Abstract

This study was carried out to investigate a preventable eye injury case in which a tire service employee was blinded while observing the charging of ballast fluid into a tractor tire on a farm. In vivo toxicology studies demonstrated that the ballast fluid administered without force could not reproduce the severity of injury observed in the patient. It appears that a combination of physical trauma and hyperosmotic tissue damage was the mechanism of injury. Early treatment by aggressive irrigation with water or saline in the field may have reduced the severity of the injury and prevented the patient's blindness.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	41-54
Number of pages	14
Volume	3
No	1
Specialist publication	Journal of agricultural safety and health
State	Published - Feb 1997
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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