Accidents - Hatchets or axes - 16-25 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 850
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	19
Year 1998:	19
Year 1999:	35
Year 2000:	17
Year 2001:	122
Year 2002:	167
Year 2003:	137
Year 2004:	139
Year 2005:	15
Year 2006:	90
Year 2007:	15
Year 2009:	70

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/24/2009	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
20 Y/O W/M GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE WHILE SPLITTING WOOD AT HOME WITH AXE.
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: 12/13/2006	Age: 17 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 CORNEAL ABRASIONS: CHOPPING WOOD WITH AX AND GOT HIT BY FLYING CHIPS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2006	Age: 16 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: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
CHOPPING WOOD WITH AXE AND CHIP FLEW INTO EYE CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2006	Age: 24 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
RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS CUTTING WOOD WITH AN AXE AND WOOD WENT INTO PTS EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2005	Age: 20 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: Hatchets or axes
LT CORNEAL AB-CHOPPING WOOD-CHIP OF WOOD HIT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
19 Y/O W/M GOT PEICE OF WOOD IN EYE WHILE CUTTING WOOD WITH AXE .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2004	Age: 24 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
24 Y/O W/M GOT PEICE OF WOOD IN EYE AND RECEIVED CORNEAL ABRASION WHENC HOPPING WOOD WITH AXE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2003	Age: 21 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: Hatchets or axes
21YOFC SPLITTING (CHOPPED) WOOD FELT SOMETHING IN EYE CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2003	Age: 24 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
CHOPPING WOOD AT HOME WITH AX AND GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. DX: CORNEAL AB RASION WITH FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2002	Age: 24 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 CORNEAL ABRASION: CHOPPING WOOD WITH AX, PIECE FLEW AND HIT EYE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2002	Age: 20 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
WHILE CHOPPING WOOD W/ AXE, GOT PIECE INTO LT. EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2002	Age: 17 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, Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers
RT EYE FB-@ HOME-SHARPENING AN AXE ON A GRINDER-GOT A SHAVING IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2002	Age: 19 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: Hatchets or axes
ABRASION CORNEA - VICTIM WHO HAD BEEN DRINKING WAS CHOPPING WOOD A ND GOT A PIECE OF WOOD INTO HIS LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2001	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: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2001	Age: 20 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2001	Age: 17 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2000	Age: 23 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/1999	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/1999	Age: 19 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/1998	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/1997	Age: 21 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: Hatchets or axes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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