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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 222
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/11/2008 | Age: 20 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Other portable or stationary power tools |
| PUTTING IN BIG LUG NUTS W/ A PNEUMATIC WRENCH A FEW PEICES OF METAL SHAVING FLEW IN EYES (NO INFO ON EYE PROTECTIVE GEAR) F.B. R EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| HIT WITH SCREW;DX CONTUSED EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| HIT WITH SCREW;DX PUNCTURED EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/20/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doors |
| CORNEAL AB-HIT EYE W/A SCREW IN A DOOR-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| ABRASION TO EYE WHEN STRUCK BY A NAIL AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| CORN ABR. PT WAS INJURED WHEN A SCREW FLEW UP INTO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 22 YO FEMALE WAS HIT IN EYE WITH SCREW CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls |
| NAIL BOUNCED OFF WALL AND HIT PT IN EYE. DX: TRAUMATIC HYPHEMA L EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 25YOM WAS HOME DOING WOODWORK,A NAIL FLEW UP HITTING EYE; CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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