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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 813
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/10/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Chain saws |
| CHIP FLEW UP FROM CHAIN SAW/CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2007 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Chain saws |
| PT WAS CUTTING WITH CHAIN SAW AND GOT SAWDUST IN EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABR ASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Chain saws |
| PT CUTTING WOOD WITH CHAIN SAW AND NO EYE PROTECTION. FELT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION, HYPHEMA, NEAR SYNCOPE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2007 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Chain saws |
| GOT WOODEN CHIP INTO EYE CUTTING WOOD C CHAIN SAW >> CORNEAL ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2007 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Chain saws |
| PT USING CHAIN SAW HAD FOREIGN BODY IN R EYE CAUSING ABRASION TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2007 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Chain saws |
| PT USING CHAINSAW @ HOME HAD FOREIGN BODY IN R EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2007 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Chain saws |
| 50YMC CUTTING WOOD WITH AN ELECTRIC CHA SAW AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE INABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Chain saws |
| PT USING CHAINSAW WHEN SOMETHING FLEW INTO R EYE - FOREIGN BODY TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Chain saws |
| PT HAD FOREIGN BODY IN L EYE FROM CUTTING PLYWOOD WITH CHAIN SAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2007 | Age: 54 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: Chain saws |
| DX RIGHT EYE CONTUSION: SPLINTER TO EYE USING CHAIN SAW AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2007 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Chain saws |
| PT WAS USING A CHAINSAW TO CUT CEDAR LOGS AND SUSTAINED A CORNEAL ABRAS ION. NOT WORK RELATED- UNEMPLOYED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Chain saws |
| WOOD CHIP FLEW UP FROM CHAIN SAW/CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Chain saws |
| 29 Y/O M INJURED R EYE WHILE USING CHAIN SAW TO CUT FIREWOOD AT HOME. DX; R EYE ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2007 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Chain saws, Eye protection devices |
| SAWDUST IN RT EYE, WAS USING CHAINSAW, HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON/FB RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Chain saws, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| WAS USING A CHAIN SAW TO TRIM TREES; GOT DUST IN RIGHT EYE. FOREIGN BOD Y, RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2007 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Chain saws |
| PT WAS USING A CHAIN SAW AT HOME AND WOOD CHIP FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE.PT S USTAINED CORNEAL ABRASION, EYE RED AND VERY PAINFUL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2007 | Age: 38 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: Chain saws |
| 38 YO M FOREIGN BODY TO EYE WHILE USING A CHAIN SAW* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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