Accidents - Washing machines - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 554
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	19
Year 1998:	84
Year 1999:	84
Year 2001:	66
Year 2002:	15
Year 2003:	88
Year 2004:	69
Year 2005:	75
Year 2006:	15
Year 2007:	20
Year 2008:	14

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	85
16-25 years old:	23
26-50 years old:	347
50+ years old:	98

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 03/25/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Washing machines, Clothes dryers
DX 2-3CM SCLERAL ABRASIONS R & L INFERIORLY: C/O BAL EYE PAIN AFTER PLUGGING IN WASHER & DRYER & SPARKS FLEW INTO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Washing machines
DOING HOUSEWORK AT HOME, FIXING WASHING MACHINE AND FELT SOMETHING IN E YE, MOM WASHED OUT PIECE OF RUST FROM EYE, STILL HAS PAIN; EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Washing machines
P/W B/L EYE PAIN&BURNING P INHALATION OF SPILLED PETROLIUM PRODUCT THAT WAS USED INTO A WASHING MACHINE " CHEMICAL CONJ"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Washing machines
LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION WITH FB.PT WAS WORKING ON HIS WASH MACHINE AND LI FTED A BELT AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2005	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Washing machines
MOVING WASHER & DUST FELL INTO EYE. ACUTE RT EYE CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2005	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Washing machines, Clothes dryers
DAD WAS INSTALLING WASHER&DRYER, PT WAS NEAR BY,GOT A FB INTO EYE SUSTA INED" EYE FB REMOVAL/EYE IRRITATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Washing machines, Laundry soaps or detergents
CLIMBED UP ON WASHER, THROWING LAUNDRY SOAP IN AIR, HAS EYE PAIN, REDNE SS. DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS EYE. AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Washing machines, Chemicals
CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS - 68 YOF GOT WASHING MACHINE WATER THAT HAD SOA P, WATER AND CHLOROX SPLASHED IN HER FACE, SOME IN LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Washing machines, Clothing
PT PULLING CLOTHES OUT OF A WASHING MACHINE THEN SHAKING THEM THERE WAS A PIECE OF GLASS IN THE CLOTHING WHICH WENT INTO RIGHT EYE- FOREIGN BO
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/25/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Washing machines, Clothes dryers
PT. LIFTED A WASHER AND DRYER OVER A STAIR, RESULTING IN AN EYE HEMORRG AGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2001	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Washing machines, Manual cleaning equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/1999	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Washing machines
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/1999	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Washing machines
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/1998	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Washing machines
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/1998	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Washing machines
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/1997	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Washing machines, Bleaches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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