Most common intraocular foreign body retained is

Common foreign bodies responsible for such injuries include: chips of iron and steel (90%), paicles of glass, stone, lead pellets, copper percussion caps, aluminium, plastic and wood. It is impoant to note that during chopping a stone with an iron chisel, it is commonly a chip of the chisel and not of the stone which enters the eye. Ref khurana 6/e p433