Objective To analyze 890 cases of intraocular foreign bodies in Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center of Sun Yat-sen University, and to provide a basis for the prevention and treatment of intraocular foreign bodies. Methods The clinical data of 890 cases of intraocular foreign body hospitalized in our center from January 2005 to December 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. Results (1) Among the 15-year intraocular foreign body cases, the number of cases from 2005 to 2009 was the highest, with 477 cases, accounting for 53.6%. (2) The majority of intraocular foreign bodies occurred between the ages of 20 and 49, with 716 cases (80.44%). (3) Among the patients with intraocular foreign bodies, males accounted for the majority, with 830 cases, accounting for 93.26%, male:female=14:1, right eye 424 cases, left eye 466 cases, right eye:left eye=1:1.1. (4) Metal foreign bodies account for the majority, about 90%. (5) Workers had the highest number of patients with intraocular foreign bodies, accounting for 60.5%. (6) The number of patients with hospitalization time of less than 14 days was 828, accounting for 92.8%. (7) Type of ocular trauma: foreign body into the eye was the main type, with 614 cases, accounting for 68.98%. (8) Complications of ocular trauma: traumatic cataracts was the mainstay, with a total of 407 cases, accounting for 45.7%. Conclusions Ocular trauma occurs more often in young and middle-aged men, which intraocular foreign bodies is the main reason, and the hospitalization time is about 1 to 2 weeks, with high probability of healing. The incidence of ocular trauma caused by ocular foreign bodies is decreasing year by year.