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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 225
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/28/2008 | 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: House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF PLYWOOD AT HOME WHEN A PIECE OF IT GOT INTO E YE CAUSING CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2008 | 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: House repair or construction materials, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 23 YO M FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL, CORNEAL ABRSION HELPING FRIEND PUT ROOF ON HIT IN EYE WITH A NAIL, SOMETHING IN EYE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2008 | Age: 22 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: House repair or construction materials |
| HIT WITH A SHINGLE IN THE EYE WHILE WORKING ON A ROOF. DX; CORNEAL ABR ASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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