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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 248
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/28/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers, Ceilings and walls |
| USING HAMMER TO KNOCK DOWN WALL HIT PIECE OF BRICK PIECE WENT INTO EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2005 | 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: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS HITTING A NAIL WITH A HAMMER AND NAIL HEAD W ENT INTO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2005 | Age: 20 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: Hammers, Decorative yard equipment |
| PT WAS HAMMERING A PLASTIC LANDSCAPING LAWN EDGING WITH HAMMER WHEN POS SIBLE RESIN CHIP FLEW INTO EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| HAMMERING A NAIL YEST AND IT FLEW BACK AND HIT L EYE. DX. SUBCONJUNCTI VAL HEMORRHAGE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2005 | 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: Hammers |
| HAMMERING SOME WOOD, THINKS A SPLINTER FLEW IN HIS EYE DX: CORONEAL ABRASION L) EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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