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Accidents - Vacuum cleaners - Year 2009 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 581
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:107
26-50 years old:319
50+ years old:155

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/22/2009Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT GOT A PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS STUCK IN EYE WHILE VACUUMING DX: FB EYE. CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Vacuum cleaners
C/O EYE REDNESS&IRRITATION AFTER ACC STRUCK SELF INTO EYE WITH A VACUUM CLEANER WHILE PLAYING WITH IT>>TRUMATIC CONJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/31/2009Age: 6 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
CORNEAL ABR ON VACUUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2009Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT AT HOME EMPTYING OUT VACCUM CLEANER POSS FB IN EYE/ DX FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2009Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT OPENED UP A VACUUM CLEANER AND ALL THE CONTENTS FLEW INTO PT'S EYE DX. EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2009Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT POKED IN EYE W/PLASTIC VACUUM CLEANER ATTACHMENT BY COUSIN, NOW W/EY E PAIN, REDNESS AND BLURRED VISION; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2009Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT VACUUMING AT HOME AND SOMETHING WENT INTO EYE D// LEFT EYE FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2009Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT TURNED VACUUM CLEANER AROUND AND INJURED EYES. DX: CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2009Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
HIT IN EYE WITH VACUUM CLEANER. DX- CORNEAL ABRASION #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/07/2009Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
35YFC USING VACUUM CLEANER AND FELT SOMETHING GO INTO EYE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2009Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
33YOM WAS HOME CLEANING THE VACUUM SWEEPER WHEN DUST PARTICLES FLEW INTO EYES;CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2009Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT WAS VACUUMING AND GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE. DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE CENTRAL PUPIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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