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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 304
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/04/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| LEFT EYE ABR. PT WAS USING AN AXE TO CHOP WOOD AND A CHIP FLEW INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2002 | Age: 24 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: Hatchets or axes |
| DX CORNEAL ABRASION: CHOPPING WOOD WITH AX, PIECE FLEW AND HIT EYE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| WHILE CHOPPING WOOD W/ AXE, GOT PIECE INTO LT. EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - GOT METAL IN EYE FROM SANDING AN AXE @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2002 | Age: 9 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: Hatchets or axes |
| LT CORNEAL AB-WOOD CHIP IN EYE WHILE HELPING CHOP A TREE STUMP @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| RT CORNEAL AB-AT HOME-CHOPPING WOOD-CHIP HIT HIS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2002 | Age: 50 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PATIENT BENT OVER WHEN STRUCK ON EYE BY AXE HANDLE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| CORN ABR. PT WAS CUTTING WOOD WITH AN AX AND A CHIP FLEW INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hatchets or axes, Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers |
| RT EYE FB-@ HOME-SHARPENING AN AXE ON A GRINDER-GOT A SHAVING IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2002 | Age: 19 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: Hatchets or axes |
| ABRASION CORNEA - VICTIM WHO HAD BEEN DRINKING WAS CHOPPING WOOD A ND GOT A PIECE OF WOOD INTO HIS LEFT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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