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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,297
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/22/2003 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT WAS USING HEDGE TRIMMERS TO TRIM THE BUSHES AND GOT FOREIGN BODY IN HIS EYE. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2003 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 646 YO M USING *** WAS HIT IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| L EYE PAIN, BEGAN AFTER TRIMMING TREES DX: CONJUNCTIVITIS OS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY HIT HIMSELF IN EYE WITH PLASTIC COVER TO LAWN TRIMMER C ORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| WHILE TRIMMING TREE BRANCHES AT HOME AT 1700 SHE WAS POKED IN THE LEFT EYE BY A TREE BRANCH. DX CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2003 | Age: 59 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX CORNEAL ABRASION: KICKED UP A STONE USING *** AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT GOT FOREIGN OBJECT IN EYE WHILE *** YARD, RESTULING IN C ORNEAL ABRASION TO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2003 | Age: 60 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT FELT SOMETHING BLOW INTO EYE WHEN PRUNING BUSHES IN BACKYARD 5 DAYS AGO. CONTINUED REDNESS/IRRITATION. D: CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2003 | Age: 40 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 40 YOWM WAS TRIMMING A TREE W/ TRIMMERS AND FELT A PEICE OF WOOD GO IN HIS EYE. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION R EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2003 | 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CORN ABR. PT HAD SOMETHING FLY INTO EYE WHEN TRIMMING BUSHES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2003 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| WHILE TRIMMING BUSHES, GOT SOMETHING INTO LT. EYE DX: LT. CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| RT TRAUMATIC IRIS.PT WAS TRIMMING GRASS WITH A LINE TRIMMER AND A ROCK FLEW IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT C/O (R) EYE PAIN W/HAVING ROCK HIT HER WHILE USING A HEDGER @ HOME. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION (R) EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS PRUNING HEDGE AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYES CAUSING REDDNESS AND PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2003 | 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| CORNEAL ABRASION; PT *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2003 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT.C/O CUTTING GRASS AND GOT SOMETHING IN LT.EYE C/O PAIN WITH REDNESS DX-CORNEAL ABRASION / HYPERTENSIVE URGECY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| RIGHT CORN ABR. PT WAS USING A *** AND IT KICKED UP A SMALL ROCKHITTING EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT RECEIVED CORNEAL ABRASION TO EYE WHEN TRIMMING SOME BUSHES AND LIMB HIT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2003 | Age: 29 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| TRIMMING TREES LAST NIGHT AND MAY HAVE GOTTEN SOMETHING IN EYE, DX. COR NEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2003 | Age: 74 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX CORNEAL ABRASION: HEDGE CLIPPING WITH CLIPPERS, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2003 | Age: 78 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT WAS TRIMMING BUSHES AT HOME AND GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. DX LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRAS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT WAS *** WHEN SOMETHING HIT HER IN THE EYE, RESULTING IN CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2003 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PATIENT WAS TRIMMING A BUSH AND GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN HER EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2003 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LEFT CORN ABR. PT WAS USING TRIMMERS ON BUSHES AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE , |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2003 | 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| R EYE PAIN, USING ***, SOMETHING HIT EYE. DX. CORNEAL ABRA R EYE. . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2003 | 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| WAS HIT IN THE R EYE W/SOMETHING WHILE ***. DX. R EYE CORNEAL A BRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2003 | Age: 27 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 27 YO M *** LAWN, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX L CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2003 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| LT CORNEAL AB-POKED EYE WHILE TRIMMING BUSHES-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| RT CORNEAL AB-HIT W/A STICK WHILE PRUNING BUSHES-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2003 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT HIT WITH OBJECT WHILE ***; EYE HEMORRAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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