Reply to Letter Regarding “Patterns and Prevention of Occupational Eye Injuries: A Narrative Review” [Response to Letter]
Victoria Vought, Rita Vought, Francesca Zarbin, Albert S Khouri · 2025
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Victoria Vought and co-authors answer a letter that faulted their review of workplace eye injuries for overlooking gig workers, in a 2025 reply. The original review mapped injury patterns in jobs with defined hazards, heavy machinery and chemical handling, where oversight and reporting systems are established. The critics pointed to migrant, transient, and platform workers, who fall outside those systems.
The authors concede the blind spot: administrative data do undercount such workers, and contractor status complicates compensation, safety programs, and protective equipment. They hold one line: many gig injuries, bicycle crashes and assaults on delivery riders, stem from general street risk rather than job-specific hazards, and raise different policy questions than their review targeted. They close by welcoming research frameworks built for the platform workforce, an important and growing segment.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Victoria Vought, Rita Vought, Francesca Zarbin, Albert S Khouri |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |