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A retrospective and descriptive study of WREI that causes sick leave of one or more days among workers from an insurance labor mutual company in Spain was conducted over a period from 2008 to 2018. The variables of the study were sex, age, occupation, and type of injury. A total of 9352 (18.6% of 50,265 WREI) cases and 113,395 total days of sick leave were observed, with an estimated EUR 4,994,009.59 of associated labor cost. The main predictors of sick leave related to WREI were found to be female (highest incidence; 25.9 (95% CI (24.8\u201327.1))), &gt;55 years of age (highest incidence; 20.5 (95% CI (19.3\u201321.7))), not working in the industry (lowest incidence; 13.8 (95% CI (13.3\u201314.2))), and not suffering \u201cother disorders of conjunctiva\u201d (lowest incidence; 5.7 (95% CI (4.7\u20136.8))). 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