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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 73
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/18/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders, Beds or bedframes |
| PT WAS OUTSIDE YEST GRINDING IN HIS YARD, LAST NIGHT WHEN HE WENT TO BE D HE RUBBED HIS EYES AND FELT PARTICLE FALL IN EYE. DX. FB EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2008 | 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: Power leaf mulchers and grinders |
| WAS USING A WOOD CHIPPER AND PIECE OF WOOD GOT INTO (L) EYE DX- CORNE AL ABRA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2008 | Age: 38 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: Power leaf mulchers and grinders |
| SUDDEN ONSET OF EYE FOREIGN BODY SESNATION STATUS POST USING WOODCHIPPE R>>CORNEAL ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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