Accidents - Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers - 16-25 years old - Year 2008 - Eyeball

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,071
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Date: 12/30/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING METAL AND A PIECE WENT IN EYE DX RT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Eye protection devices
PT WAS USING A GRINDER W/ SAFETY GLASSES ON C/O SOMETHING BEING IN EYE B/C HE HAS DISCOMFORT X 3DAYS.DX:FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
22YO HISP MALE GRINDING METAL-WORE SAFETY GLASS-THINKS GOT METAL IN R EYE, DX CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2008	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING AND GOT METAL IN HIS EYE. DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT WITH EYE PAIN, REDNESS. GRINDING METAL WITHOUT PROTECTION. D:CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
24YO HISP MALE WITH L EYE PAIN 2ND TO SUSPECTED FOREIGN BODY AFTER WORKED W/ METAL GRINDER,DX FOREIGN BODY 2 BOTH CONJUNCTIVA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
C/O L EYE PAIN. STATES STARTED AFTER GRINDING. FB L EYE REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2008	Age: 25 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
25 YOM WAS GRINDING METAL SHAVINGS YESTERDAY AND SOMETHING GOT INTO EYE - CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2008	Age: 25 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Eye protection devices
F.B. L EYE W/REMOVAL W/RESIDUAL RUST RING: USING METAL GRINDER, WEARING SAFETY GLASSES, EYE IRRITATION, AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT GRINDING METAL AT HOME WHEN GOT SOMETHING IN EYE. NOT WEARING EYE PR OTECTION. D: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
FB EYE USING GRINDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2008	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING AT HOME & SOMETHING FLEW INTO EYE DX: RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION WITH FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2008	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
19 Y/O M INJURED L EYE WHILE USING METAL GRINDER AT HOME. DX; L EYE FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Motor vehicles or parts
ABRAS R EYE/17YOM AT SCHOOL GRINDING RIM OF CAR AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO R EYE. HAD HIS OWN GLASSES ON. NOT SAFETY GLASSES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
FB SENSATION RT EYE, WAS GRINDING/ FB OD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2008	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
R CORNEAL ABRAS/19YOM WAS GRINDING AND NOW HAS SOMETHING IN R EYE. STAR TED 20 MINUTES AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT RECEIVED CONJUNCTIVITIS TO EYE WHEN AROUND SOMEONE USING GRINDER AND GOT SOMETHING INTO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING METAL & FELT SOMETHING GO INTO LT EYE C/O REDNESS, TEARING & PAIN. DX- FOREIGN BODY TO CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2008	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
INJURED EYE GRINDING METAL AT GIRLFRIENDS HOUSE CORNEAL ABRASION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2008	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
FOREIGN BODY EYE - 16 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH RIGHT SIDED FB - SYMPTOMS B EGAN ABRUPTLY WHEN GRINDING METAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2008	Age: 24 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
RUST RING R EYE/24YOM STS WAS GRINDING METAL LAST PM AND WOKE AT 3AM WI TH EYE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2008	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
PT WAS GRINDING METAL WITHOUT SAFETY GLASSES AND METAL FLEW INTO EYE DX:FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
R EYE PAIN AFTER BEING AROUND SOMEBODY GRINDING DX: FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Lawn mowers
WAS USING A GRINDER TO SHARPEN LAWN BOWER BLADES - GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN EYE. FOREIGN BODY, LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	Age: 25 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
25 YO M CORNEAL ABRASION INJURED WHILE GRINDING METAL AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2008	Age: 18 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Eye protection devices
FOREIGN BODY TO THE RT EYE: USING A METAL GRINDER, WEARING ONLY SUN GLASSES, FELT SOMETHING STRIKING EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
GOT FB IN LT EYE AFTER GRINDING METAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2008	Age: 18 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT WAS GRINDING ON PAINT AND GOT FOREIGN BODY IN EYE. DX: CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY, REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2008	Age: 17 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
L CORNEAL FB;ABRAS/17YOM WAS GRINDING METAL LAST NIGHT AND CONTINUES TO HAVE EYE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2008	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
FB SENSATION LT EYE , WAS GRINDING METAL/ CORNEAL FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers
23YOM WAS HOME USING GRINDER ON METAL,METAL FLEW UP INTO EYES; FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL,LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Welding equipment
FB TO L CORNEA, REMOVED. @ SCHOOL WAS NEAR WELDING & GRINDING, BUT DID NOT NOTICE PAIN UNTIL TONIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2008	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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Eye protection devices
PT USING GRINDER ON METAL AT HOME WHEN FELT SOMETHING GO UNDER SAFETY G LASSES. D: CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY, CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2008	Age: 21 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: Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers, Welding equipment
21 YO M FOREIGN BODY TO EYE PT WAS WELDING AND GRINDING AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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