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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 312
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/22/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| WOOD CHIP FLEW INTO EYE WHEN HUSBAND SPLITTING WOOD WITH AXE DX CORNEA LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2007 | Age: 37 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 CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS USING AN AXE AND CHOP WOOD AND A PIECE GOT IN TO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2007 | Age: 20 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 |
| FB RT EYE WITH CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS USING AN AXE TO CUT WOOD AND SOM E FLEW IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hatchets or axes, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PLAYING WITH AN AXE, BURST OPEN SEVERAL CANS OF PAINT AND MOTOR OIL. DX-EYES BURNING, CHEMICAL EXPOSURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2007 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hatchets or axes |
| PT OUT IN THE WOODS CAMPING CHOPPING WOOD WHEN A PIECE OF WOOD WENT I NTO RIGHT EYE SUSTAINED A CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2007 | Age: 26 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 LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION: CHOPPING WOOD WITH AX, WOOD CHIP TO EYE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2007 | Age: 45 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 |
| FB RT EYE.PT WAS USING AN AXE TO CUT WOOD AND WOOD WENT INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2007 | 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: Hatchets or axes |
| FB LEFT EYE.PT WAS USING AN AXE TO CHOP WOOD AND A PIECE OF WOOD WENT I NTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2007 | 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: Hatchets or axes |
| PT RECEIVED CORNEAL ABRASION WHEN CHOPPING WOOD WITH AX AND PEICE HIT EYE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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