Accidents - Power leaf mulchers and grinders - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,217
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	131
Year 1999:	84
Year 2000:	123
Year 2001:	83
Year 2002:	76
Year 2003:	176
Year 2004:	43
Year 2005:	91
Year 2006:	158
Year 2007:	95
Year 2008:	73
Year 2009:	78

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	89
16-25 years old:	210
26-50 years old:	494
50+ years old:	422

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/06/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
EYE FB-TOOK OFF SAFETY GLASSES WHILE USING A WOOD SHREDDER-GOT DEBRIS I N EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PT GOT SOMETHING IN EYE WHILE WALKING BY A WOOD CHIPPER AT PARK. DX: L EYE CORNEAL ULCER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2009	Age: 47 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: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
USING WOOD CHIPPER&SUDDENLY DEVELOPED EYE FB SENSATION >>FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2009	Age: 22 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
FB TO EYE. PT WAS CHIPPING WOOD AND GOT A PIECE INTO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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

Date: 07/16/2007	Age: 28 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
FB RT EYE.PT WAS USING A LEAF GRINDER AND SOMETHING FLEW IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2007	Age: 53 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
PT WAS USING WOOD CHIPPER AND A PC FLEW INTO EYE, DX: REMOVAL FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
47 Y/O M INJURED R EYE WHILE USING WOOD CHIPPER AT HOME. DX; R CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
WOOD FROM CHIPPER FLEW INTO EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2006	Age: 30 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: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PATIENT WAS USING A WOOD CHIPPER, FOREIGN BODY GOT IN EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION, FOREIGN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2005	Age: 46 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: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
PT USING A WOOD CHIPPER AT HOME WHEN A PIECE OF WOOD WENT INTO LEFT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2005	Age: 78 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
PATIENT WAS MULCHING LEAVES AT HOME WHEN FOREIGN BODY GOT INTO EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 02/26/2004	Age: 40 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
PT USING WOOD CHIPPER PIECE OF WOOD HIT EYE SWOLLEN FEELS LIKE IT IS ST ILL IN EYE BLURRY VISION FB IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2003	Age: 19 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
PT. CUTTING WOOD YEST. SAWDUST IN EYE WHILE USING CHIPPER. DX. L EYE C ORNEAL ABRA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
FB IN EYES-NEAR SOMEONE USING A WOOD CHIPPER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
57YOF USING USED CHIPPER AT HOME FB EYE DX/TRAUMATIC CONJUNCTIVTIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2002	Age: 67 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
PT WAS MULCHING LEAVES 3-4 DAYS AGO & GOT SOMETHING IN RT EYE. CORNEAL AB RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2002	Age: 51 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: Power leaf mulchers and grinders, Eye protection devices
LT CORNEAL AB-USING A "CHIPPER-SHREDDER" W/O SAFETY GLASSES-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2001	Age: 20 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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2001	Age: 31 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2000	Age: 19 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: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2000	Age: 42 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: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2000	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/1999	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/1999	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/1997	Age: 43 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: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/1997	Age: 12 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: Other
Product: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/1997	Age: 37 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: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/1997	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	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: Power leaf mulchers and grinders
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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