Occupational eye injuries at the state Agamaly Ogly Pishmash Plant in Kazan

The technological process of typewriter production is largely mechanized. There are about 400 typewriter parts, with up to 2,000 processes, including typewriter assembly. Most of these processes are to varying degrees hazardous to the eye, and many of the small and precise parts require considerable eye strain and a fairly close approach to the object being machined. According to the records of occupational injuries by the health center, eye injuries at the plant were high. The percentage of eye injuries to the total number of injuries ranged from 16 to 36%, depending on the workshops. The average for the whole plant in the last 8 months of 1932 was 25.7%.