Background: eye trauma is an important cause of visual morbidity worldwide. An estimated 55 million eye traumas occur each year despite being preventable in most cases. 3% of these lead to blindness.Objective: to characterize the clinical and epidemiological profile of patients with ocular trauma, in different cities of Colombia, between June 2013 and January 2018.Study design: cross-sectional.Method: it is an observational, descriptive study, whose target population was patients with ocular trauma, attended in different centers and hospitals in Colombia, for retina services between June 2013 and January 2018. A question form was designed using Google forms and different variables were analyzed, based on the Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology System. The data was filled mainly by retinologists, who receive patients referred from the emergency department.Results: data were collected from 619 patients between June 2013 and January 2018, the most common age range was between 16-30 years, mostly men. The city where the majority of patients registered was in Cali. The commitment of visual acuity was severe in most cases (MM-PL). The most common mechanism of trauma was the occupational accident and the most common lesion was ocular contusion. Most patients did not use protection at the time of the trauma.Conclusion: ocular trauma occurs most commonly in men, young people and in work-related accidents. They presented severe compromise of visual acuity, predominantly the vision of MM to PL. It is the fi rst report of a study of its characteristics in Colombia, giving specific recommendations to the ministry of health and encouraging the registry of more data at a national level to prevent the most important causes of trauma.