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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,248
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2009 | Age: 48 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 |
| 48YOF TRIMMING A PALM TREE AT HOME AND STRUCK IN THE RIGHT EYE WITH ONE OF THE BRANCHES ABRASION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2009 | Age: 62 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 |
| EYE FB-62 Y/O F-CORNEAL AB-GOT DEBRIS IN EYE WHILE TRIMMING BUSHES-@ HO ME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2009 | Age: 61 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 |
| 61YOM TRIMMING TREES AT HOME STRUCK SELF IN THE RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRAS ION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2009 | Age: 43 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 |
| PT WAS TRIMMING HEDGES AND BRANCH HIT HIM IN RT EYE DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2009 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 29 YOM HIT IN R EYE W/SOMETHING WHILE WEEDETING DX: FB REMOVAL, CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2009 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 71YOM TRIMMING CACTUS AT HOME AND GOT SOME JUICE IN EYES STARTED TO BUT N CHEMICAL BURNS TO EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2009 | Age: 63 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 |
| 63YOM TRIMMING BUSHES AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2009 | Age: 32 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 |
| DX CORNEAL ABRASION: R EYE INJ-PT TRIM'G BUSH LAST NOC EH DAU PULLED IT OUT & IT POKED HIM IN THE EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2009 | 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 51YOM TRIMMING A TREE AND GOT SOMETHING IN RIGHT EYE FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2009 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 42M WITH EYE PAIN SINCE TRIMMING A PALM TREE. DX:CONJUNCTIVITIS, STYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2009 | Age: 40 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| 40YO HISP MALE STS TRIMMING A TREE YESTERYDA, HIT IN EYE C/O PAIN-TEARING IN EYE, DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2009 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| DX SUB-CONJ HEMORRHAGE, OS: C/O GET'G HIT IN OUTER CORNER OF L EYE W TRIMMING/CUT'G WEEDS IN HER YARD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2009 | 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: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| EYE PAIN AFTER TRIMMING TREE AT HOME DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2009 | Age: 66 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 WAS TRIMMING A PALM TREE AND A BRANCH FELL STRUCK IN RIGHT EYE CO RNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2009 | Age: 38 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: Pruning or trimming equipment, Eye protection devices |
| PT WAS TRIMMING SHRUBS AT HOME WAS WEARING GOGGLES AND GOT A PIECE OF T HE SHRUB IN RIGHT EYE FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2009 | Age: 55 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 A BANANA PALM AND POKED IN THE LEFT EYE WITH THE BRANCH SUSTAINED A CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2009 | Age: 64 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 |
| PT WAS CUTTING A TREE EARLIER, RUBBED EYE AND FELT SOMETHING IN IT DX: CORNEAL AB RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment, Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers |
| PT GOT FB IN EYE WHILE TRYING TO SHARPEN EDGERS ON GRINDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2009 | Age: 56 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 |
| PT WAS TRIMMING BUSHES AND SCRATCHED EYE DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2009 | Age: 51 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 |
| CORNEAL AB-DEBRIS WHILE TRIMMING TREE BRANCHES-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2009 | Age: 47 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 |
| PT. WAS TRIMMING A TREE WHEN A BRANCH HIT HIM IN R EYE DX: EYE ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2009 | Age: 20 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 |
| 20YOF TRIMMING BUSHES SOMETHING FLEW UNDER LT EYELID; FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2009 | Age: 33 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 |
| PT STS TRIMMING BUSH AND BRANCH SNAPPED BACK DX: CORNEAL AB LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2009 | 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 |
| PT WAS TRIMMING HER GARDEN WHEN A BRANCH SNAPPED, PT FELT FB GO INTO EY E, DX EDEMA TO EYE WITH POSS FB TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2009 | Age: 76 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 |
| PT WORKING IN YARD TRIMMING TREES AND INJURED EYE DX/ RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2009 | Age: 62 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 |
| TRIMMING HEDGES SOMETHING IN EYE ABRASION RIGHT CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pruning or trimming equipment |
| PT TRIMMING SOME TREES WHEN HE WAS DOWNWIND AND THE WIND BLEW SOME DEBR IS IN RIGHT EYE FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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